There is much rewriting and updating plus uncalled for interpolation like speeches from 'Romeo and Juliet" for Jessica and one of Shakespeare's sonnets ("My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun") as a rap for Lorenzo added to Act V, Scene 1. The play begins with T.R. Knight on mike as the host of "The Antonio Show" and then he sits behind a desk as the merchant of Venice, and interviews his friend Bassanio seated …
