you know it makes any story ten times
better cross-dressing that's right this
is a look at Shakespeare's famous play
about gender confusion a little
something called Twelfth Night for some
reason it's got doomed love ambiguous
love accidental love awkward love
confusing love and no sense of personal
boundaries here's Twelfth Night the
story begins with a shipwreck and a
sweet little musical number we get our
first look at the twin protagonist
Sebastian and viola it might be viola
they kind of pronounce it like that in
the movie but I like viola better
because that is a pretty cool instrument
and they certainly do look very much
alike but that's only when they're
wearing identical wigs makeup and fake
moustaches uncanny
so viola and a few sailors wash up on
the shores of Illyria a country at war
with their homeland which is a rather
unfortunate turn of events
viola thinks her brother Sebastian is
drowned which is very sad and all but
this movie has time constraints and we
have to get to the comedy soon or else
time for some cross-dressing viola
decides that the best way to survive in
this enemy land is to dress like a man
and get a job as a servant of the local
Duke Orsino who we learn his love sick
for the allegedly beautiful countess
Olivia unfortunately Olivia doesn't want
to deal with any men since she's in
mourning for her brother who recently
died what a romantic tragedy it's almost
as if her situation parallels me also
it's three days later in viola now going
by the name Cesario has gained
employment in Orsino's court so we
finally meet the lovesick Duke who's
apparently an unlikable whiner much like
a sad teenager lying in bed with his ear
buds in Orsino's been listening to
Cesario play the piano in an effort to
forget his sorrows a servant comes in
with news from Olivia apparently she
wouldn't let him in to speak on Orsino's
behalf Orsino deciding that maybe a
handsomer servant would get better
results instead sends this Aereo to go
speak on his behalf it's pretty good
logic actually I mean look at how busy
he is so Caesarea is like uh I don't
think she'll let me in and plus I don't
know how to talk to girls and Orsino's
like what come on
you practically are one anyways his hair
is like what I mean yeah what no no way
but he persuades her to go anyway so
Cesario goes to talk to Olivia about the
benefits of hooking up with Duke Orsino
over to Palacio de Alivio where we meet
a veritable army of comedy relief I mean
servants they get up to some comedic
shenanigans only to be foiled by the
residents stop having fun guy a dude
named Malvolio these guys kind of play
out their own weird little plot thing
through the story but you really don't
need to worry about them right now
Olivia and her clown have a conversation
about which of them is the bigger fool
but they're interrupted by the timely
arrival of Cesario who's been making a
bit of a ruckus at the gate olivia is
mildly intrigued
by this and decides to letterman so
Cesario is like yeah I have a letter
here from RC know which one of you is
Olivia and Olivia's like just read the
damn thing and says arrows like yeah I
can only read it to you so Olivia sends
her servants out leaving the two of them
alone okay so are we sure veal is not
actually flirting with Olivia because
this is pretty blatant so they talk
about how beautiful olivia is and how
much our sino loves her and whoa are
they about to kiss okay never mind
Olivia is like he knows I can't love him
and says areas like if I were in love
with you I wouldn't understand why not
and Olivia is like if you were in love
with me what would you do and he's like
I would shout really loudly and Olivia
is like wow that was romantic so Olivia
kicks his area out and tells him that
she can't love Orsino but you know if he
wants to contest the point he can just
send Cesario to talk to her more since
she'd be okay with that yep Olivia's
fallen in love with Cesario awkward she
sends her grumpy servant Malvolio to
give him a ring that he supposedly
dropped but mostly to display her
affection Cesario realizes that olivia
is fallen in love with quote unquote him
which is bad because he is actually a
she and this was a time when such love
officially never happened so this is
just kind of a problem jump cut -
Sebastian
turns out he's still alive and has been
living with a sailor named Antonio who
saved him from the shipwreck
Sebastian thinks that viola died in the
wreck and he's really broken up about it
so he's traveling to Recinos Court for
some reason and Antonio decides to
follow him which is a bad idea since
Antonio is not a very popular guy in
those parts incidentally Antonio is
heavily implied to be like really in
love with Sebastian back to the comedy
relief squad they're doing funny plot
irrelevant stuff Cesario and Orsino are
playing cards and talking about love
Orsino's like is there anyone you love
and says areas like up well there is
someone and Orsino's like oh yeah what's
she like and Cesario is like oh you know
she's a about your height and complexion
and age and your same majestic must that
I mean basically she's just like you or
so you know master of not taking a hint
is like well you know I prefer younger
girls maybe you should ditch her in
favor of someone younger so there's like
yeah I'll think about that
so the comedy relief squad gets a little
fed up with Malvolio spoiling all their
fun and begin to devise a plan to get
him out of their hair for a while their
brilliant plan is to make Malvolio
believe that olivia has fallen in love
with him and from there make him act
like an idiot in front of her Cesario is
having a little internal monologue about
how tragic it is that although she's in
love with Orsino he
can't love her because he thinks she's a
man and at the same time Olivia's in
love with Cesario because she thinks
she's a man
yeah it's an actual love triangle for
once rather than one of those stupid
love bent lines that all the books keep
trying to pass off as a love triangle
the servants put their dastardly plan
into motion
Malvolio is completely convinced and is
actually day dreaming of being account
even before he finds the forged love
note oh yeah I forgot to mention
Olivia's servant Maria has very similar
handwriting to her so she's written an
ambiguous love note that Malvolio could
easily interpret as being directed to
him so that's part of their brilliant
plan the note also tells him to act in
certain stupid ways which he agrees
wholeheartedly to do Olivia invites
Cesario back to visit and they have a
romantic stroll through the gardens
Olivia confesses her love to Caesarea so
Caesarea is like oh crap how do I get
out of this one I don't like girls
smoothly done Olivia feels pretty
terrible about the whole situation
hey it's Sebastian he's in town and the
mysterious mildly sinister character
following him is none other than his
sailor friend Antonio who made the
questionable decision of following
Sebastian into a territory where he's a
wanted man
Sebastian though is overjoyed to see a
familiar face however they split up
since Antonio's in some danger but
Sebastian's going full tourists on the
town Antonio gives him his wallet says
don't spend it all in one place and
skedaddle or Cena's still sad about
Olivia and Sarah is like you got to move
on man she doesn't love you what if at
this very moment some beautiful but
surprisingly manly girl was madly in
love with you but you couldn't
reciprocate her feelings and her scene
was like that's ridiculous no girl could
be that in love with me back at Olivia's
place there's some drama happening among
the comedy relief characters one of
Olivia's ditzy er servants a man named
Andrew a Gucci is angry because Olivia
loves Cesario more than she loves him
and Caesarea rejected her affection in
fact Andrew is so mad he wants to
challenge his area to a duel over it
yeah this should be good well volio
still acting like an idiot around olivia
and the other servants are like wow we
must have gone crazy we must deal with
this the medieval way by locking him in
a cellar until he stops being crazy
that'll learn him
Olivia gets distracted by the timely
arrival of Cesario she's like listen uh
I feel really bad about confessing my
love to you yesterday is there any way I
could make it up to you when Sarah is
like yeah have you considered falling
madly in love with Orson oh that could
help unfortunately then one of Olivia's
other servants shows up to tell Cesario
that he's been challenged to a sword
fight this is bad news too for Cesario
who's never had a lesson in her life the
servant whose name is Toby by the way is
like oh yeah he's a
this guy's killed so many dudes and then
he runs back to Andhra he's like yeah
this kids a madman they say he fought
for the Shah of Persia and comedy ensues
each duelist is convinced the other is
far more competent than either one
actually is this is about how most of my
fencing matches go this part is also
surprisingly accurate Antonio has
arrived on the scene he sees his area
and mistakes him hurt just don't think
about the pronouns too much for his
beloved Sebastian and intervenes in the
duel unfortunately he is immediately
arrested and asked Cesario for his
wallet back which of course he can't do
because he doesn't have and also doesn't
know him Antonio gets his butt hauled
off to do course he knows Palace while
Cesario begins to question whether her
brother might have survived the
shipwreck after all Malvolio is still in
a cellar it's still hilarious Sebastian
with the help of Olivia's clown has
found his way to her palace since he
looks exactly like Cesario well
allegedly Olivia immediately charges out
and tries to persuade him to love her
unfortunately her servants get there
first and Andrew attacks Sebastian this
has the unexpected result of pissing him
off and unfortunately for them Sebastian
actually does know how to fight I think
the best part of this scene is Andrews
face after every punch because it really
looks like he has no idea what is
happening what what's going on then
Olivia runs out and makes him stop
apologizing to Sebastian who she thinks
is Ariel and declaring her love for him
Sebastian is confused but is not about
to question a beautiful woman flinging
herself at him then she proposes to him
and of course he accepts because who
wouldn't accept a marriage proposal from
Helena's bonham-carter the servants are
still messing with Malvolio it's still
hilarious then Olivia and Sebastian are
married that was quick she didn't even
know his name yet Antonio has been
dragged Orsino's palace sorry I was like
this guy saved my lion Antonio is really
broken up about the fact that the guy
who he thinks is Sebastian is completely
ignoring him olivia arrives and is like
hey husband what are you doing here
poor Cesario is extremely confused by
this turn of events and olivia is
understandably upset that Cesario seems
to be denying that they've ever married
she gets the priest to attest so that he
did marry the two of them so racino is
incredibly pissed at this and he's like
I can't believe you betrayed me like
this and then Andrew storms up and he's
like help I just got my butt kicked by
Cesario who has of course been standing
there the entire time so now everyone's
confused and the matter is only further
complicated when Sebastian finally shows
up so Antonio is like oh there are two
of you I get it and Olivia upon seeing
the two identical blokes she thought
she'd married responds appropriately
most one Sebastian and viola yeah I
remember
that's Azaria's actual name have a
tearful reunion in the removal of her
barely visible mustache makes it obvious
to all observers that he is in fact a
she and RC knows like oh so now my
awkward man crush makes sense
Olivia's like wait this means I actually
know nothing about the guy I just marry
Orsino goes and proposes to viola who of
course accepts and it's just freaking
adorable you guys I can't even oh wait
poor Malvolio super traumatized yeah
well like I was a killjoy anyway when I
came to Majesty we lie all the way down
the rain get slave and mission of the
gate for the lady but when I came I last
to wife with by swaggering I could never
fire all the rainy today