Soap Opera Trops

Our group decided to adapt the play into a soap opera. I feel like a lot of soap operas are situated in very classy and luxurious locations, like big mansions or a fancy building. Many of the characters have different personalities and they often represent a social class. Emotion plays a big part in soap operas, including emotional music and dramatic (facial) reactions. As a fan of Korean soap operas, I can say that there are a lot of unnecessary screaming, crying, yelling, slapping etc. etc.

I think adapting Hamlet into a soap opera is a good idea. Hamlet is a royal and in every royal family, there are political struggle involved. Like how Claudius killed his brother to take over the throne. The act we were assigned was Act 4 Scene 7, when Claudius and Laertes plots about methods to kill Hamlet, when suddenly Laertes hears about her sister's sudden death and breaks down. I think depicting this scene with a soap opera- feel is the best because Laertes goes through an emotional high and low during an extreme short period of time.

This is a really funny example of a soap opera, the man finds out that the woman's son is his son... (gasp)

And of course.. the power slap