Macbeth
White Chicks (2004)
White Chicks is a movie about two male FBI agents who go undercover to protect wealthy sisters from potential kidnappers. While undercover, they have to engage in a serious makeover and look completely like them, saying what they would say, dressing how they would dress, and hanging out with people whom they would hang out with. One of the highlights of the movie is that two african american men have to be white girls, and while it may be funny, it portrays this view of men as women.
Macbeth would likely chose this because, compared to his wife, he is more feminine than masculine. Nonchalantly, Macbeth would tell whoever he is recommending that he has to work really hard to be a man. Act 1, for example, is the time when he forgets to put the daggers back with the guards, and his wife has to do it for him. Here, he realizes that he isn't as up to the task as his wife is, which is maybe why he drastically changes as much as he does during the play when he becomes more in control of things.
White Chicks is a movie Macbeth would understand the best. He understands how awkward and weird the feeling of being trapped in a body is. From an emotional stand point, it reveals how weak Macbeth is, but how hard he tries to ignore it.
Blacklist (2013-)
Blacklist follows the story of a highly intelligent man who works for the FBI. Known as Raymond "Red" Reddington, he has ironically been on the FBI's most wanted list for years, but has used his wits to outsmart them. After he blithely surrenders himself to the FBI, though, he becomes the center of attention, and has them wondering what, and how, and why he would do something like this, since he had been narrowly escaping their grip for years.
Macbeth would chose this show because he relates to the main character Reddington. First off, there is a catalytic event in both Macbeth and Reddington's life that triggers the desire to pursue something. In Macbeth's life, he comes into contact with the witches which makes him hungry for the crown of Scotland. Similarly, Reddington has a past event in his life (still unknown in the show) that caused him to eventually work with the FBI to find whatever he is looking for (most likely revenge on a person).
Blacklist is a show that Macbeth would idealize and praise. Because of the past event in their, Macbeth and Reddington are willing to go to great lengths to get what they want. Macbeth achieves his goal by killing off friends, and Reddington (who still hasn't caught what he wants), has been killing people through out the show who have something to do with his event to get get closer to victory. It also reveals that Macbeth would do anything to get the crown, just like how Blacklist portrays Reddington.
Supernatural (2005-)
Supernatural is a show that follows a team of two brothers (Dean and Sam) whose professional job is driving up and down the country extinguishing the supernatural; this includes mostly spirits, but they do involve themselves into other supernatural creatures such as angels, demons, werewolves, vampires, and shapeshifters.
Macbeth would suggest this show because of how shaken up he was about seeing his friend's ghost. It is safe to assume this because his wife was making excuses to their guests that night when Macbeth saw the ghost and was acting strange. This attraction to the show would likely be due to the fact that he believes in the supernatural, therefore, believing in the methods that Dean and Sam use to get rid of the ghosts (salt, blessing, incantation, religious symbol).
Supernatural is a show that Macbeth would feel magnetically drawn to; he would be mesmerized by the new take on the supernatural, and would probably be wowed by it. He would ultimately go along with what Dean and Sam say in the show.
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Ella Enchanted is a movie remake of Cinderella where a girl named Ella is cursed as a child, and is forced to grow up doing whatever she is told to do, because that is her curse. For example, if someone tells her to hop on one leg while pretending to play the flute, she has to do it; she cannot control it. When she gets older, she comes to this realization where she is going to find the woman who cursed her, and break it, which is the story line of the movie.
Macbeth would recommend this movie because of it's relation to his life. Macbeth is told a prophecy and all of a sudden, he isn't controlling himself due to the fact his "fate" has already been decided on. This would reveal that Macbeth feels like it isn't his fault that he kills Duncan, but rather, fate's fault that he has to commit it. In Ella Enchanted, Ella has to do whatever she is told, even when she doesn't want to, which would relate back to Macbeth.
Ella Enchanted is a movie that Macbeth would highly agree with. He would use this show as justification to why he kills. In the end, it would show how selfish he is, in terms of killing people to get the crown.
As nobody sings, "What would Macbeth Watch?"because there isn't a song written for this blog post!
