AS SEEN ON TV: MAD MARCH

Since March Madness has just begun....

MAD MARCH

CREATED (INSPIRED, MORE LIKELY) BY:

Lewis Carroll

AS SEEN IN:

'Alice'

AS PLAYED BY:

Geoff Redknap (body)

Jason Schombring (voice)

TV DIMENSION:

Wonderland, updated

STATUS:

Deceased/Deactivated(?)

From the source:

"The March Hare will be much the most interesting, and perhaps as this is May it won't be raving mad -- at least not so mad as it was in March."

From Wikipedia:

Haigha, the March Hare is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

"Mad as a March hare" is a common British English phrase, both now and in Carroll's time, and appears in John Heywood's collection of proverbs published in 1546. It is reported in "The Annotated Alice" by Martin Gardner that this proverb is based on popular belief about hares' behavior at the beginning of the long breeding season, which lasts from February to September in Britain. Early in the season, unreceptive females often use their forelegs to repel overenthusiastic males. It used to be incorrectly believed that these bouts were between males fighting for breeding supremacy.

Like the character's friend, the Hatter, the March Hare feels compelled to always behave as though it is tea-time because the Hatter supposedly "murdered the time" whilst singing for the Queen of Hearts. Sir John Tenniel's illustration also shows him with straw on his head, a common way to depict madness in Victorian times. The March Hare later appears at the trial for the Knave of Hearts, and for a final time as "Haigha" (which Carroll tells us is pronounced to rhyme with "mayor"), the personal messenger to the White King in "Through the Looking-Glass".

 

In SyFy's TV Miniseries 'Alice', the March Hare is represented by the character Mad March. Mad March is a dead assassin re-animated by the Carpenter into a cyborg. Because Mad March’s head was missing, the Carpenter fitted him with a giant porcelain head of a rabbit. He speaks in a Brooklyn accent and sounds kind of robotic. According to the Hatter he has "a nose for blood" and is able to track targets by scent, following Alice and Hatter into Jaberwoki land and finding Alice with ease. After being tortured by Mad March, the Mad Hatter kills Mad March by punching his robotic head.

BCnU!