ET and Pulp Fiction, together at last…

Speaking of pulp fiction, have any of you seen A Slurry Tale? Basically it’s a wiki dedicated to translating Pulp Fiction into a Shakespeare-like play, including ensuring it’s mostly written in iambic pentameter!

So, for example, this:

Jules: Say “What” again! C’mon, say “What” again! I dare ya, I double dare ya motherfucker, say “What” one more goddamn time! Now describe to me what Marsellus Wallace looks like!
Brett: Well he’s… he’s… black –
Jules: – go on!
Brett: …and he’s… he’s… bald –
Jules: – does he look like a bitch?!
Brett: What?
(JULES shoots BRETT in the shoulder and he screams)
Jules: Does-he-look-like-a-bitch?!
Brett: No.
Jules: Then why did you try to fuck ‘im like a bitch?!
Brett: I didn’t!

Becomes this:

Julius: Speak ‘What’ again! Thou cur, cry ‘What’ again!
I dare thee utter ‘What’ again but once!
I dare thee twice and spit upon thy name!
Now, paint for me a portraiture in words,
If thou hast any in thy head but ‘What’,
Of Marsellus Wallace!
Brett: He is dark.
Julius: Aye, and what more?
Brett: His head is shaven bald.
Julius: Hath he the semblance of a harlot?
Brett: What?
(JULIUS strikes with his blade and BRETT cries out)
Julius: Hath he the semblance of a harlot?
Brett: Nay!
Julius: Then why didst thou attempt to bed him thus?
Brett: I did not!

There are many other great example on the site to encourage you to help add to the project. Nothing like violence and literary nerds getting together to fuel a good time. Credit where credit is due, it was Dave the Happy Singer who first introduced me to this over drinks following a recent STUB event.

For the record, the shot used in today’s comic is used under a Creative Commons license and belongs to Janesalive and can be found here.

~Warlach