"The time is out of joint - O cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!" - Hamlet
Tasked with the mission to avenge his father, the orphaned prince Hamlet is no longer a free individual but the seed for revenge; Othello, influenced by his blood lineage and skin colour, is lost in his jealousy; Cordelia's love for her father Lear is misunderstood as a plot to take away his inheritance, which results in Lear's oppression of his daughter.
The avenging orphan, the lost descendants, the banished daughter... what descendant are we? Singapore has neither Tang Xianzu nor Shakespeare, which is why we need Kuo Pao Kun. We have no ancestors, no bloodline, which is why we are descendants to none. Deprived of Heaven and Earth, stranded from the times, there is not much responsibility to bear...