Performed by the youth of the kennewick, wa lds stake as studio z. For jorge luis borges the divine comedy was the best book literature has achieved. The divine comedy squashed and nicely abridged books. Watch as matt does all that he can to stop evil from prospering. The first time i presented the shoulder angel sketch in divine comedy, i said, this works in my mind. See more ideas about dantes inferno, gustave dore and dante alighieri. Dante alighieri, the divine comedy of dante alighieri. Inferno is the first part of italian writer dante alighieris 14thcentury epic poem divine comedy. A devil on one shoulder and an a ngel on the other book. A supermegafoxyawesomehot adaptation of byu divine comedy s shoulder angel skit.
The voice in your head that tells you to do good takes a literal form as the shoulder angel. Matt has taught himself to balance on the shoulder in such a way that his weight is distributed properly without requiring back surgery for his castmate. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. The italian text with a translation in english blank verse and a commentary by courtney langdon, vol. Inferno inspired me to read divine comedy that reading is still in progress. John ciardi renders line 7 as that book, and he who wrote it, was a pander. Clive james takes on a verse translation of dantes divine comedy. Dante sees the dazzling white of angels wings and gods blazing light penetrating the universe.
Going forward between the sepulchres, the pilgrims. Scott is blessed with a largeish shoulder angel to help him through a moral dilemma. Byus sketch comedy group divine comedy winter 2011 hey. At the annunciation, the angel gabriel announced that mary would conceive a. See more ideas about studio c, studio and studio c funny.
This is a skit my buddies and i did as a special skit for the drama. A studio c tribute by huge fans this video is unavailable. That book is a fantastic thriller that makes you feel like youre in italy. Dantes divine comedy, translated by clive james the. We primarily perform live shows for byu students on campus about 3 times a semester. Divine comedy is byus premiere sketch comedy group. She played the female shoulder angel and was also an extra in the drop. They enter by the help of an angel and discover that heretics are punished in tombs burning with fierce fire. Kindle, 238 kb, this is an ebook formatted for amazon kindle devices. Mckay joined divine comedy in the fall of 2012, and she left in april 2015.
The divine comedy is a long italian narrative poem by dante alighieri, begun c. Mckay jacobsen was a member of divine comedy, the same comedy group every cast member has been part of. Every new translation of the divine comedy, though in itself a fresh tribute, however. Mixed with them are outcasts who took no side in the rebellion of angels.