Coolify Thy Wall is a play that was performed by an eighth grade English class. The original name was Pimp Thy Wall, but it was censored by a teacher for use of the word pimp. The play is a very funny comedy featuring Bottom, Quince, Robin, Snout, and Xibeth. These parts were played by a group of eighth grade friends. The idea of the play was derived from Pimp My Ride, a tv show on MTV and A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play by William Shakespeare. The play's debut was on March 31, 2008, in a New York high school. The actors were payed zero dollars in cash, but they were happy that they were able to put on such a great performance.

Plot

In the beginning of Coolify Thy Wall, Bottom is picking people to play parts for their own play. Quince is picked as Thisbe, Bottom as Pyramus, and Snout as Wall, because a real wall was not able to be brought in. Snout is a very nerdy guy. For instance, he has pens, pencils, and calculators in his pockets. He also is very smelly but always has a combed head of hair. The most nerdy is that he wears pocket protectors to protect his pocket protectors! Snout agrees to be the wall, and Quince, Bottom, and he exits. They are then greeted by Xibeth, and he tells them that he shall coolify Snout. Everyone is overjoyed. After the coolifying, Snout looks like a regular person, and they all live happily ever after.

Quotes

"I am as nerdy as thy forty year-old man who lives in thy mother's basement." Snout

"He even comes with a surround sound mp3 player. No, I am merely jesting. We all know that those do not exist." Xibeth

"You’ve just been coolifyed." Xibeth

Bibliography

Kiernan, Victor. Shakespeare Poet and Citizen. London: Verso, 1993.

Marshall, David. "Exchanging Visions: Reading A Midsummer Night's Dream." ELH 49.3 (Autumn 1983): 543-575.

External links

Pimp My Ride at MTV.com

Xzibit - Official Site

HTML version at Open Source Shakespeare (with listings of each character's lines)

Lesson plans for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Web English Teacher