Actors are reciting bad pop songs in the style of a Shakespearean monologue

'I'd like to tell you a story...just sit right there.....about how I met my auntie and uncle in Bel-Air'

(Mashable)

A #15secondshakespeare hashtag is circulating among thespians on Twitter this week, with actors giving spoken word versions of popular, often shallow, songs as though they were lines from Shakespeare, before nominating others.

The meme seems to have started with actor David Fynn, who gave a very menacing version of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme tune, before Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Minnie Driver, Phil Lewis and more joined in.

Fynn is now asking actors to donate to the Red Cross in support of soothing the refugee crisis before their performances, much like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

The world’s most famous thesps have yet to get involved, but fingers crossed we can expect Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen to do a ‘My Humps’ duet and Kevin Spacey to drop ‘All About That Bass’ in the style of Hamlet shortly.

A video posted by David Fynn (@davidfynnn) on Sep 11, 2015 at 4:40pm PDT

A video posted by David Fynn (@davidfynnn) on Sep 11, 2015 at 4:40pm PDT

.#15secondshakespeare - Here's my contribution. @amyhubcast I nominate @jimmisimpson & @evanrachelwood @WestworldHBO pic.twitter.com/OiVlY7ORV3

— Ben Barnes (@benbarnes) September 23, 2015

In your face @emily_laing_uk I nominate @RazaJaffrey and @TheJimMurray #15secondshakespeare pic.twitter.com/YdJncGZ1o3

— Sarah Parish (@DrSarahParish) September 23, 2015

Alright, @MaryEMcGlynn. Now I challenge @Marisha_Ray, @executivegoth, & @JakeStormoen! #15SecondShakespeare pic.twitter.com/cpG6KSbCcy

— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) September 23, 2015

#15secondshakespeare Thanks @mikejibson @PaulStanleyLive I nominate @jlandonhays @JeremyStolle and @mikejibson #kiss pic.twitter.com/P9nObFchMm

— LAIRD MACKINTOSH (@LairdMackintosh) September 24, 2015

Hey. @davidfynn here is my #15secondShakespeare I nominate @neilhimself @JoeSims10 pic.twitter.com/dLl5tOARd0

— Arthur Darvill (@RattyBurvil) September 23, 2015

Thank you @amyhubcast so #15secondshakespeare #GinaG pic.twitter.com/jzU5NevAUO

— Aneurin Barnard (@aneurinBarnard) September 19, 2015

@davidfynn #kanye made me go full Staurt. #15secondshakespeare I also nominate @SirPatStew pic.twitter.com/j23c4vfDIs

— Minnie Driver (@driverminnie) September 19, 2015

@davidfynn #15secondshakespeare @dylansprouse @colesprouse pic.twitter.com/1aZsIqdXIt

— Phill Lewis (@ThePhillLewis) September 14, 2015