Shakespeare Requirement

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune keep hitting beleaguered English professor Jason Fitger right between the eyes in this hilarious sequel to the cult classic of anhedonic academe, Dear Committee Members. Once more into the breach...

Now is the fall of his discontent, as Jason Fitger, newly appointed chair of the English Department of Payne University, takes aim against a sea of troubles, personal and institutional. His ex-wife is sleeping with the dean who must approve whatever modest initiatives he undertakes. The fearsome department secretary Fran clearly runs the show and holds plenty of secrets she''s not sharing. The lavishly funded Econ Department keeps siphoning off what meager resources the pathetically underfunded English Department still retains. And his attempt to get a mossbacked and antediluvian Shakespeare scholar to retire backfires spectacularly when he tells the press it means that the Bard is being kicked to the curricular club.

Lord, what fools these mortals be! Well said, Will, and Julie Schumacher makes the most of it in this delicious romp of a satire.