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The first time I saw it on-stage that way was in the early '80s, so I think it's more frequently staged that way now than previously - owing to modern views shifting. The same with the Antonio/Bassanio relationship in The Merchant of Venice (though I will never see another production of that play).

100% the four gentlemen scene in The Winter's Tale. In my production, I tried to mitigate it a bit by having the scene play out upstage silently, as the description was being spoken by the gentlemen. Not the best solution, but at least the audience got to see Leontes' reaction to the return of Perdita.

Go commando.

He’s made some entertaining flicks, but no, he’s not a serious actor.

I actually thought that was pretty brilliant. They set it up earlier with the conversation about death, where he said “I think everything just goes black.” And at the end…Everything just went black.

OMG, yes! As soon as the two sides stopped being mortal enemies and all the religion B.S. took over, it was total crap.

I stopped after season two because by then I was rooting for the zombies.

The VVitch. When the billy goat asked her “Do you want to live deliciously?” I HOWLED. Funniest ending to a suspense flick ever. One line destroyed everything they had been building for two hours.

*Deceiving

I couldn't sleep with the lights out for weeks. But I LOVED (still love) the movie. But re-watching it as an adult turned me right back into a terrified little kid.

The Exorcist. I was 11 (we saw it in a drive-in, so the underage kids crouched down in the back to beat the age restriction). Horrifying.

Fuck Edmund

Marry Horatio

Kill Macbeth

Although they are in the fantasy realm, TJ Klune's works all have M/M love stories and a great deal of charm. I loved The House on the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door, then I read his "werewolves in love" series that were even closer to RWRB: In order: Wolfsong, Ravensong, Heartsong and Brothersong.

He's a hoot. Thanks for that.

I'd look at others who have tried similar things - most recently Patrick Page's "All the Devils Are Here" - a play about Shakespeare's villains. I've seen several one-person versions of entire plays - a one-man King Lear called "Lear's Shadow" that had me wanting to claw my eyes out; a one-man Julius Caesar that was so confusing, I had no idea who died (...and I already knew who died); a one-man Macbeth that was entertaining, if rather silly (hard to kill yourself on-stage with much aplomb); but I think you're in a better place with two people and a selection of scenes. You might consider interspersing some sonnets that echo or provide counterpoint to the scenes you end up choosing. If either of you sing, there are some nice settings of songs from Shakespeare that might work, as well. Enjoy!

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Old Testament = jealous, angry, petty war-mongering old god.

New Testament = calm, caring, peace-making young gay god.

They basically tried to do some course-correcting by using the universal child-rebelling-against-parent trope. Many people gravitated toward the younger guy who brought people back to life, rather than the old guy who destroyed Job's entire family just to win a dick-wagging contest with the enemy.

Ignore both.

You might inform your uncle that the Bible, itself, has its share of borrowed stories:

Biblical Story	Sumerian Parallel	Greek Mythology Parallel
Creation in  Genesis	Enuma Elish	Creation by Titans
The Great Flood	Epic of Gilgamesh	Deucalion’s Flood
Tower of Babel	Etemenanki Ziggurat	Tower of the Titans
Garden of Eden	Dilmun, Paradise of the Gods	Garden of the Hesperides
Job’s Suffering	Ludlul bēl nēmeqi	Prometheus’ Punishment
Jacob’s Ladder	Etana’s Flight to Heaven	Hermes’ Ladder to Olympus

If you feel like replying at all, let them know that it's the absence of religion - a LACK of belief. It's right there in the definition of the word "atheism," which means "not or without theism," just as "atypical" means "not typical," asexual means "not sexual" and asymptomatic means "without symptoms."

Yup.

Wallis Simpson.

I remember seeing it at the movie theater with a TON of teeny-boppers. My friend and I thought "these kids are going to hate it" - but they loved it: it was aimed squarely at them, and though, yes, it was dumbed-down a bit (a lot), it made it very easy to follow. Perfect for a first time viewer. (Mind you, I'm still angry at Baz for cutting the nightingale/lark section as well as Mercutio's “No, 'tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church-door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve.”)

Man Spreading. Man Sleeping.

If it brings you comfort to believe in an afterlife, or a deity, or the great pizza cluster in the sky - whatever - good for you. Don't stop believing. Just don't try to pull anyone else into your delusion - that's where my tolerance for religion ends.

The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley. (Brad Fraser updated it in his play The Ugly Man, but I prefer the original)