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Blackadder (1983, 1986-89, 1999) is a television show which originally aired on BBC One written by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, and Rowan Atkinson. It traces members of the Blackadder dynasty and their associates through different periods of history. more »

Melchett:
As private parts to the gods are we: they play with us for their sport!

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  • Daniel Skelly
    Daniel Skelly
    This is probably a deliberate paraphrase of a quote from King Lear. Act IV, Scene 1, Gloucester says "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport." I was cutting Lear for a production when I saw this and immediately thought of poor Melchett and laughed out loud. Yeah, Yeah, I know, BlackAdder's full of this sort of thing, but I just caught this one. 
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