Feb 11, 2015
Mush and the 8th Grade
The 8th grade English class is reading Much Ado about Nothing, and getting to read dramatically and act it out.
We reached the final scene, which goes,
Benedick: Peace, I will stop your mouth! (Kisses Beatrice.)
And the boy playing Benedick reads: “Peace, I will … (reads the stage directions) … EWWWW!” He hurls the book across the room and begins to flail like a octopus, wailing, “I can never UNread that!!!!”
The rest of the class stared at him in consternation until one girl snarked, “Yeah, ‘cause no one’s ever done that before.”