Paul)
"Michael, we're not going to fight about this, okay"
(Michael)
"Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover not a fighter" (aww.......)
Shakespeare's tragic love triangle ended much less amiably than Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's gentleman-like duet about their shared love for a woman. However, they are both equally entertaining. Paul and Michael go back and forth about the girl saying "well, after loving me, the girl said she couldn't love another..." This conversation set to music is all in good, friendly spirits whereas Othello's love for Desdemona is actually fatal. No joke. And Roderigo's unrequited love for Desdemona is just pathetic and not manly at all like Michael's and Paul's. Roderigo is in love with a woman who has never given him any reason to believe she cares for him in return. Paul and Michael have obviously both spent some time with the object of their affection. However, the passion and desire for the woman in both of these scenarios is equally intense. Michael Jackson definitely should have written the soundtrack to Othello. Or maybe just the musical Othello. On Broadway. Oh I can see it now!! Shakespeare's Othello: The Musical!
I spent forever trying to find a video or track of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson singing on youtube, but I couldn't find anything. So I hope this can suffice. I'm really sorry if the video is inappropriate or offensive in any way. I realize the words aren't exactly the same.
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