Thor 041: So It’s Odin’s Magic That Makes the Frosty Baby Look Asgardian?

<h2>Minute Forty-One: From Frosty Baby to "Tell me!”</h2> <p>Joining us on the show to discuss frosty baby Loki and the Shakespearean argument between Odin and Loki is Austin Tichenor, creator of The Shakespeareance, co-artistic director of The Reduced Shakespeare Company and producer &amp; host of the Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast.</p> <h3>In the forty-first minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>We see elements of King Lear in here, but Austin also points out elements from Henry IV Parts I and II, particularly conflict between Hotspur and Prince Hal.</li> <li>There’s certainly an element of big acting that works so well in Shakespearean heightened language, and we certainly see that when Loki screams “Tell me!”</li> <li>Austin calls it the intensity of intention, which we definitely see.</li> <li>When Odin told young Thor and young Loki about how they’re both born to be kings but only one gets to be king, was he debating if he would tell Loki about his heritage?</li> <li>Being born to be king paired with identity is such a core part of Shakespeare’s plays.</li> <li>Yet no one debates if this type of hereditary monarchy should still exist.</li> <li>Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins deliver such strong performances here.</li> <li>So at this point, where do Loki and Odin feel about who is next in line for the throne? Does Loki think this frost giant past has removed him from the line?</li> <li>Or is Loki thinking about the possibility of being king of Jotunheim, the place he just nearly destroyed with the raid?</li> <li>But Odin had to have seen what terrible king Thor would’ve made, right? That being said, do you give the throne to the god of mischief?</li> <li>There is a bit of Caliban from The Tempest in Loki too.</li></ul> <h3>We do talk about the frosty baby, at some point, right?</h3> <ul><li>How does Loki feel knowing that he was slaughtering Jotuns earlier?</li> <li>We bring in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henr