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It must be true, Shakespeare is everywhere. Even in bad movies, or should we say the criticism of the bad movies. In our case, the Rude Mechanicals rendition of Pyramus and Thisby's story is Santa Clause Conquers the Martians. There are a number of different critics and they are not all behind the same fourth wall. There's the fairies, who's 4th is beyond the stage and Pyramus and Thisby's audience. That being said, the audience, Theseus, Hippolyta, and the four lovers, are behind the second 4th. We have a peculiar comparison here because this layer seems to be where the main critics are viewing. These personae are the inspiration for Mystery Science Theatre 3000. The movies they watch are inspired by the horrendously hilariously Rude Mechanicals, and even in MST3K they are forced by their master to witness the cheap entertainment. The Rude Mechanicals are the lowermost layer, and embody the lowermost competence, regarding tragedy.

What's funny is that Santa Clause Conquers the Martians is (more specifically, was meant to be) a tragedy. The film about invasion turns into a travesty right quick, and these filmmakers are being put on display for their utmost incompetence, and it's funny to people or characters who are apt at identifying and critiquing. And they'll blab about anything that runs across the brim of their minds; for example, Theseus, Hippolyta, and Lysander numerously poke fun at Quince's Prologue's grammar prior to its conclusion. They're the archetype of the "front row."

Theseus, the master, makes a most convincing argument to Philostrate for why these Rude Mechanicals are worthwhile. It's an ignorant argument having never actually seen the play, but the argument stands lone and tall.

Philostrate - “A play is there, my lord, some ten words long, Which is as brief as I have known a play; But by ten words, my lord, it is too long. Which makes it tedious. For in all the play There is not one word apt, one player fitted…”

Theseus - “I will hear the play; For never anything can be amiss, When simpleness an duty tender it. Go, bring them in: and take your places, ladies.”

Theseus' ample argument is right for our taste because there are no boring books/texts/movies/general-form-of-art-or-entertainment, boredom lies within its beholder. But Theseus may have thought over what he's made him and his band others do. At the beginning of Act V, Theseus would have claimed that there's merit in every piece of art. But by the end, he says explicitly, "No epilogue, Your play needs no excuse." [a] Is Theseus the type of person who simply doesn't believe in epilogues, or [b] is it specifically the Rude Mechanical's Pyramus and Thisby epilogue that he'd like to avoid? B? There's four Acts to A Midsummer Night's Dream core story, but five Acts to its play. Act V is a tragedy because of the performance's objective storyline. Act V is a comedy for performance itself. Act V is a comedy to the aristocracy. But what is Act V to the fairies? Probably a comedy, but they do take the performance more seriously.