History Film / Hamlet2

* RunningGag: No one can pronounce Mr. Marschz' name correctly.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Rand

* ImGoingToHellForThis: One of the students remarks, "We're going to Hell for doing this play..."

** It also parodies the BillyElliotPlot in a brilliant manner: Octavio, a Latino student, tells Marschz that his parents won't let him do the play. Dana heads down to "the barrio" so he can talk Octavio's parents out of their "ethnic narrow-mindedness". The camera pans out to show Octavio's cushy home; Octavio himself has both a 3.9 GPA and early acceptance to Brown. His parents' disapproval of the play comes from a disdain not for the arts (his father and mother both make a substantial living from writing and painting, respectively), but for the play's poor writing.

While Marschz's students rally behind him and make plans to put the play on elsewhere, the school's cancellation of his play catches the attention of civil liberties lawyer Cricket Feldstein (AmyPoehler), who turns the issue into a fight for free speech (and makes the play a national story in the process). Her work in protecting Dana's rights soon attracts the attention of numerous other groups, all of whom plan to protest Marschz's one last chance at greatness.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Skylar Astin from ''Film/PitchPerfect''.

* CaptainObvious: Gary

* AdultFear: Your wife leaving you because you're sterile and your job is taking you nowhere.

* MeaningfulName: Dana is derived from Denmark, which Hamlet is the prince of.

'''Dana''': ''What is your fucking problem man? Huh?'' [[note]]This is said to his pet cat.[[/note]]

The 2008 comedy film '''''Hamlet 2''''' stars Steve Coogan as high school drama teacher Dana Marschz, a recovering alcoholic and failed actor who has earned a reputation for his poor adaptations of famous films (rather than his ability to teach anyone anything). At the start of the most recent semester, Dana learns two sobering facts: the school has cut its budget to the point where his drama program remains the only arts class left in the curriculum, and his class will end up cut at the end of the semester.

* {{Malaproper}}: Mr. Marschz constant usage of the word "''tri''mester" rather than "''se''mester" when referring to school sessions

-->''OH MY GOD, IT'S JESUS!''

* [[Malaproper]]: Mr. Marschz constant usage of the word "''tri''mester" rather than "''se''mester" when referring to school sessions

* JesusWasWayCool: "Rock Me, Sexy Jesus".

** Yolanda gets hit in the face with something.

* BrickJoke: Dana said hearing the bad reviews for his production of ''Film/ErinBrokovich'' was like getting "raped in the face". This becomes a song.

* AdamWesting: Elizabeth Shue quits show business to become a nurse.

* FreudianExcuse / FreudianSlip: At one point, Dana calls the principal "Daddy" and screams about how he never believed in him -- in the middle of a wholly different argument.

Marschz -- now despondent over both the impending loss of his career and numerous other personal issues -- decides to go all out for his last big production in an attempt to save the program. He writes a "sequel" to the play ''{{Hamlet}}'' in the depths of his desperation; the "sequel" mixes time travel, Jesus Christ (played by Marschz himself), and the showstopping musical number "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" into the family drama of The Bard's famous play. When the school's administration realizes Marschz plans to put on the controversial play at the school, they order him to stop production.

* CreatorBreakdown: While writing the play, Dana mangles together Christianity, ''Hamlet'', time travel, and his [[WellDoneSonGuy daddy issues]].

* JesusWasWayCool: "Rock Me Sexy Jesus".

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, the titular play crosses so many lines that [[spoiler:the protest eventually earns the play a Broadway run.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Cricket Feldstein uses her knowledge of various laws (especially those related to free speech) to keep "Hamlet 2" from getting shut down, which makes her a rare positive example of this trope.

--> '''Elizabeth Shue:''' He's doing [[TheKarateKid the Crane!]]

* TheVoiceless: Yolanda [[spoiler:finally talks near the end of the film and gives Dana (by now depressed and hungover) a GetAholdOfYourselfMan / ReasonYouSuckSpeech]].

The 2008 comedic film '''''Hamlet 2''''' stars Steve Coogan as high school drama teacher Dana Marschz. As a recovering alcoholic and failed actor, Marschz generally has no real pull at the high school where he now works; he also earned a reputation for his poor adaptations of famous films instead of his ability to teach anyone anything. At the start of the most recent semester, Dana learns two sobering facts: the school cut its budget so much that his drama class remains the only arts class left in the curriculum, and even that won't save his class from the same fate at the end of the semester.

Marschz, now despondent over the impending loss of his career (as well as numerous other personal issues), decides to go all out for his last big production in an attempt to save the drama program. He writes a "sequel" to the play ''{{Hamlet}}'' in the depths of his desperation; the "sequel" tosses in time travel, Jesus Christ, and the showstopping musical number "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" into the family drama of The Bard's famous play. When the school learns that Marschz plans to put on the controversial play at the school, the higher-ups order him to stop production.

While Marschz's students rally behind him and make plans to put the play on elsewhere, the school's cancellation of the play catches the attention of Cricket Feldstein (AmyPoehler), a civil liberties lawyer who turns the issue into a fight for free speech (and makes the play a national story in the process). Her work in protecting Dana's rights soon attracts the attention of numerous other groups, all of whom plan to protest Marschz's one last chance at greatness.

* FreudianExcuse / FreudianSlip: At one point, Dana calls the principal "Daddy" and screams about how he never believed in him -- in the middle of a whole other argument.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In a rare positive example, Cricket Feldstein uses her knowledge of various laws (especially those surrounding free speech) to keep the show from getting shut down.

* TheRival: in a parody of this trope, Dana's chief rival -- the school paper's drama critic -- is a kid who looks no older than 13.

* TheVoiceless: Yolanda, who [[spoiler:finally talks near the end of the film and gives Dana (by now depressed and hungover) a GetAholdOfYourselfMan / ReasonYouSuckSpeech]].

-->''OH MY GOD, IT'S JESUS!''

The 2008 comedic film '''''Hamlet 2''''' stars Steve Coogan as high school drama teacher Dana Marschz. A recovering alcoholic and failed actor, Marschz generally has no real pull at the high school where he works; he's also become known more for his poor adaptations of famous films than for his ability to teach anyone anything. At the start of the most recent semester, he learns two things: the school has cut its budget so much that his drama class has become the only arts class left, and even that won't save his department from getting shut down at the end of the semester.

Despondent over the impending loss of his career (as well as numerous other personal issues), Marschz decides to go all out for his last big production in the hopes that he can save the drama program. Out of sheer desperation, Marschz writes a "sequel" to the play ''{{Hamlet}}'' which tosses in time travel, Jesus Christ, and the showstopping musical number "Rock Me Sexy Jesus". When the school learns that Marschz plans to put on the patently controversial play at the school, it orders him to stop production.

While Marschz's students rally behind him and make plans to put the play on elsewhere, the school's cancellation of the play catches the attention of Cricket Feldstein (AmyPoehler), a civil liberties lawyer who turns the issue into a fight for free speech (and makes the play a national story in the process). Her work ends up attracting the attention of numerous other groups, all of whom plan to protest Marschz's one last chance at greatness...

* AdamWesting: Elizabeth Shue, who's quit show business and become a nurse.
* AnachronismStew: [[RuleOfFunny Done on purpose.]]
* BillyElliotPlot: Subverted with Octavio -- his parents don't want to let him do the play, and Marschz assumes because they're Hispanic that it's an example of this. It's not; they're wealthy middle-class [[EducationMama pushy parents]] who don't want him to waste his time on such a terribly-written play.

* TheChewToy: Poor Yolanda, who gets injured in almost all of the scenes she appears onscreen
* CaptainObvious: Gary.

* DeconstructedTrope: The film serves up a deconstruction of the SaveOurStudents trope (see below).
* FixFic: The play is essentially this for Hamlet, considering how he [[spoiler:uses Jesus's time machine to prevent the deaths of his loved ones]].
* FrivolousLawsuit: Cricket gets knocked over at the play and threatens to sue everyone.
* FreudianExcuse: The principal
* FreudianSlip: At one point, Dana calls the principal "Daddy" and screams about how he never believed in him -- while they're arguing about something else entirely.
* GiftedlyBad: The entire show. [[spoiler:Dana eventually learns to accept this.]]

* MushroomSamba: Some of the students slip acid into Dana's iced tea early in the film. He wakes up on an abandoned couch minus his pants.
* OffTheWagon: As part of Dana's DarkestHour sequence.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, the titular play crosses so many lines that [[spoiler:the protest lands it a Broadway run.]]

** One of the earlier ads was simply the name of the film, with a voiceover which says, "We apologize to the following groups this film may offend." It then proceeds to list ''everyone''.
* TheRival: in a parody of this trope, Mr. Marschz' rival is the school paper's drama critic -- a kid who looks like he's 13.
* RunningGag: No one is able to pronounce Mr. Marschz' name correctly
** Yolanda getting hit in the face with something.
* SaveOurStudents: The film is a parody of the "inspirational teacher" genre, mainly by making the teacher a pretentious blowhard and the needy kids actually pretty bright (at least some of them).
** One scene has Octavio, a Latino student, telling Mr. Marschz that his parents won't let him do the play. Mr. Marschz proceeds to go to "the barrio" to talk them out of their "ethnic narrow-mindedness," and then pans out to show that Octavio's parents have an enormous house, with his father being an accomplished novelist and his mother a painter, Octavio himself having a 3.9 GPA and early acceptance to Brown, and that their disapproval of the play is not that it's artistic but that it's badly written
* ShoutOut: Lampshaded.
--> Elizabeth Shue: He's doing [[TheKarateKid the Crane!]]
* SmallTownBoredom: Tucson isn't really ''small''[[note]]It's the second-largest city in Arizona and home to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arizona a major research university]][[/note]], but given it's described as the place where dreams go to die ''in the opening monologue...''
* StylisticSuck: "Hamlet 2".

* WellDoneSonGuy: Dana apparently has something like this going on with his own father, and has adopted the school's principal as something of a warped substitute.
* TheVoiceless: Yolanda. [[spoiler: She finally talks near the end and gives the hungover and depressed Dana a GetAholdOfYourselfMan / ReasonYouSuckSpeech]].

'''''Hamlet 2''''' is a 2008 comedic film starring Steve Coogan as high school drama teacher Dana Marschz. His big idea is to write the "sequel" to the play ''{{Hamlet}}'' to restore his Tucson high school's drama department, complete with the showstopping musical number "Rock Me Sexy Jesus."

!!This film provides examples of:

* AdamWesting: Elizabeth Shue, having quit show business and become a nurse.

* BoredomMontage: Coupled with HardWorkMontage when Dana tries to write the play.

* CreatorBreakdown: In-universe; in writing the play Dana is essentially mangling together Christianity, ''Hamlet'', time-travel and his [[WellDoneSonGuy daddy issues]].
* DeconstructedTrope: The film is a deconstruction of the SaveOurStudents trope.
* FixFic: The play is essentially this for Hamlet, considering in the end he [[spoiler: uses Jesus's time machine to prevent the deaths of his loved ones]].

* FreudianSlip: At one point, Dana calls the principal "Daddy" and screams about how he never believed in him. While they're arguing about something else entirely.
* GiftedlyBad: The entire show. [[spoiler: Dana learns to accept this]]

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse, the titular play crosses so many lines that [[spoiler: the protest lands it a Broadway run.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Cricket Feldstein as a positive example. She uses her knowledge of various laws to keep the show from being shut down.

** One of the earlier ads was simply the name of the film, with a voiceover which says "We apologize to the following groups this film may offend": It then proceeds to list ''everyone''.
* TheRival: in a parody of this trope, Mr. Marschz' rival is the school paper's drama critic, a kid who looks like he's 13

* TheVoiceless: Yolanda. [[spoiler: She finally talks near the end and gives the hungover and depressed Dana a GetAholdOfYourselfMan / ReasonYouSuckSpeech]].

* SmallTownBoredom: Tucson isn't really ''small''[[hottip:*:It's the second-largest city in Arizona and home to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Arizona a major research university]], but given it's described as the place where dreams go to die ''in the opening monologue...''