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[[File:king_lear_2083.jpg|frame|Once upon a time, there was a king with three daughters... and it all goes downhill from there.]]
▲{{quote|''[[Jerkass Gods|As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods,]]''<br />
''[[For the Evulz|They kill us for their sport.]]''|'''Gloucester''', [[Kill'Em All|who saw exactly where things were going]]}}
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The play has been adapted several times for the screen, but no adaptation is more famous than the one that [[Recycled in Space|moves it to Japan]], [[Gender Flip|changes the daughters into sons]], and adds a whole bunch of other stuff. ''[[Ran]]''.
It's also been adapted into literature, such as Jane Smiley's 1991 novel ''[[A Thousand Acres]]'', itself adapted into a movie. A reimagining of the story from the [[Perspective Flip|perspective]] of the Fool was written by [[Fool|Christopher Moore]]. And there exists a one-act play entitled ''De-LEAR-ium'' which replays the opening scene multiple times -- the first time as written, and each subsequent time in the style of an entirely different work or genre, including ''[[Star Wars]]'' (featuring the evil Kingth Learder) and ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (with Lear as Frank N. Furter, and Gloucester and Cordelia as Brad and Janet).
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* [[Abdicate the Throne]]: The decision that kicks the whole thing off.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: The original ending proved so unpopular, that less than a century after it was first put on, [[wikipedia:The History of King Lear|most stage versions reworked the play to have a happy ending.]] While critics bashed it, the legend the play was originally based on virtually does have {{spoiler|Cordelia live. In fact, her death was supposed to be a "twist" ending in Shakespeare's play.}}
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