Pretty Much Pop #215: Hamnet Dramatizes Shakespeare @ThePartiallyExaminedLife
Pretty Much Pop #215: Hamnet Dramatizes Shakespeare  @ThePartiallyExaminedLife
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When we don't know much about some genius playwright's life, why not make up some things based on the contents of his plays? Maybe put Shakespearean dialogue right in character's mouths, so the audience will say, "hey, I remember that line!"

Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk through the Chloe Zhao Oscar-bait historical drama, Hamnet, and its source, the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell. Is the film great, or just "grief porn"? Plus, Shakespeare in Love and other biopics.

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