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Shakespeare's Hamlet is what can be seen as one of the best tragedies of all time. In the spoof Strange Brew (1983), director and actors Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis take bits of the original story and parallel it with their own. Rather than being set in Denmark, the film takes place in Canada, and rather than Hamlet being the brooding son of a king facing his fathers death, it's a brew makers daughter has just died, leaving the empire of Elsinore beer in her hands. Though Strange Brew strays far into the realm of slapstick comedy, Shakespeare's classic tragedy is modernized and made into a story audiences can relate to while still paying respect to this tale of love and revenge through the use of plot line, characters and theatrical elements.
As the film first opens, we are introduced to two brothers, Doug and Bob McKenzie who host a Canadian television show which basically explains how a person can acquire free beer. They spend the last of their money on an angry crowd and are......

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