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Intheseso-calledpost-moderntimesincontemporaryartandmedia,whichextolostensiblynon-judgementalambiguitybothethicalandnarrative,thereisahungerforfull-blooded,ferociousartthatdoesnotshyawayfrommeatyissuesofspiritualcorruption,ofrightandwrong.NowriteranswersthisneedsoperfectlyandpassionatelyasWilliamShakespeare.Whiletherestoftheworldcantakehimtotallyforgrantedandcanaffordtodeconstructandcasualisehim,heisbarelyheardofinThailand,acountrythatisactuallylivingthroughShakespeareantimes.<br/> This“Shakespeareanhorrormovie”,ataleofpoliticsandblackmagic,translatedintoThaidirectlyandexactlyfrom‘TheTragedyofMacbeth’,withsomecinematicandThaiculturaladaptations,takesplaceintwoparallelworlds:insidethetheatre,theworldoftheplayabouttheambitiousandbloodygeneralwhobecomeskingthroughmurder,andthe‘outsideworld’inthecontemporarylivesofanon-specificcountry’ssuperstitious,megalomaniacalandmurderousdictator,knownonlyas‘DearLeader’,andhisscaryhighsocietywife.Eventsinthetwinworldsmirrorandsoonbleedintoeachotheruntiltheycatastrophicallycollide,whentheplayersmustpaydearlyforstagingsuchaplayinasocietyruledbysuchaman.<br/> ThehorrorofShakespeareMustDieliesnotonlyintheobvioushorrormovieelementsasthesupernaturalanticsoftheghostsandthethreewitches,whosepropheciesprecipitateMacbeth’sriseandfall.Thetruehorrorhereisindivisiblefromthetragedyofamanandhis‘fiend-like’wifewhohadeverythingintheirlove,butwhoselimitlessambitioncausesthemtoloseitall—eachother,theirlives,theirverysoul,totheirowndarkside.Thetragedyandthehorrorcomefromthefactthattheheroandheroinearealsothevillainandvillainess,theirownaswellastheircountry’sworstenemies.<br/> Intheworldofthetheatre,thetragedyendswiththeirdeaths,butintherealworldofthefilm,thetragedybeginsasDearLeader’sfanaticalfollowersburstintotheplayhouseand,enragedbythisperceivedaffronttotheiridol,massacreeveryonepresent.Amidstsoundsofcheering,theplay’sdirectorishanged;Shakespearemustdiebecauseartcannotbeallowedtofulfillitsmissiontochallengefearandrevealthetruth,therebyunderminingthefoundationsoftyrannicalpower.