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Most adaptations of Shakespeare's plays suffer from excessive respect for the classics, and they carve marble and speak in flowery language. A large group of viewers are convinced that this is the only correct way. Haprdáns is not for them. However, those who love irony, sarcasm, exaggeration, wordplay, and their meanings will appreciate it. Anyone with this kind of mindset will greatly enjoy Haprdáns as a crazy version of "Hamlet." I also feel that Vyskočil's version is much closer to what could actually have happened at the Danish court. Ivan Vyskočil, as a connoisseur of the human soul, stripped away pathos, romance, and noble ideals. Only the human foundation and the technology of power remained, which actually didn't change much over the centuries. Unlike the classical "Hamlet," Haprdáns gets by with the absolute minimum of corpses. What wins in politics and human history is usually considered the truth, and this time the winner needed very little. Overall impression: 85%.
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