s as Shakespeare used in Hamlet. Shakespeare influenced Rudnick to write a satire that makes fun of his work but at the same time influenced him in that Rudnick actually used his ideas. Even though the story differs in that Rudnick’s is a comedy that ends well and Shakespeare’s is a tragedy that ends bad, it is still safe to say that Rudnick was greatly influenced by Shakespeare or else he wouldn’t have wrote a play devoted to one of the most famous tragedies in the history of literature.

Andrew Rally is a struggling actor, who feels what many actors feel about Hamlet. He hates Hamlet. He hates the very essence of Hamlet, the idea of iambic-pentameter, and the long, dramatic monologues that are to be acted out. On the other hand he also does not want to be a talent less, TV Star, heartthrob, which is what his agent Gary Leftkowitz is trying to get him to be. Here is where we see Shakespeare’s influence on Rudnick. Gary gives all sorts of advice to Andrew when he doesn’t really know anything about the situation. Among the advice that he gives Andrew is advice on his relationship with his girlfriend Deirdre. Gary asks him if he had sex with her yet. Andrew tells him no and Gary tells him if she’s not “putting out” to leave her. This is bad advice because Andrew is really in love with Deirdre and would never want to hurt her. Andrew is a loyal, devoted, trustworthy guy who continuously tries to do the right thing and we also see this in the choice he makes to become Hamlet. This dialogue is much like the dialogue between Ophelia and her brother Laertes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Gary is a similar character to Laertes in that he gives bad advice and thinks he knows about something that he really knows nothing about. Laertes tells his sister Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet:

His greatness weighed, his will is not his own.

Again we see a scene that reminds us of Hamlet, which includes the drunken ghost of actor John Barrymore, who lightens up the whole play. While Andrew is struggling with himself internally over the matter of portraying Hamlet or not, the ghost tries to help him make his decision. Although this ghost is rather comedic and lively unlike that of Hamlet’s father who is vengeful and serious with gloom, he still guides Andrew on the right path, as did the ghost of Hamlet’s father. Barrymore tells him how glorious it was to be a stage

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