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aq2003 · 21 days ago

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romeo of romeo and juliet fame is hardly my all timer shakespeare blorbo but i feel like in all the productions i've watched/listened to no one has really . Gotten his Vibes. except of course for dt's romeo essay which understands romeo so perfectly it's scary

#romeo being a little distant from his parents. being much much closer w benvolio #being young and self indulgent and so sure of himself. a 'self dramatizing adolescent' . YES. YESSSSSSSS #it's a similar case for hamlet where i think romeo has this reputation for being literature's most famous lover #that some portrayals kind of smooth over his most interesting characteristics like his immaturity and over-dramatic self #the 'nobody understands my suffering and my life is so over'-isms. 'the misunderstood poet that can never be happy'#who doesn't quite fit into the world he lives in for x y and z reasons #but also how his dynamic w juliet is a first for him bc they are each other's intellectual match #it's not just like .. young dumb romance for the sake of it it's how romeo has finally found someone who Understands Him #and how at juliet's grave there's no more of his self indulgent over-dramaticisms there's just #'a strong sense of someone who has come home' like ughjhhhhh FUCK. can i cry harder #i still wonder what david exactly meant when he said he didn't play romeo like a romantic lead but #mb it was abt how he focused on portraying romeo's personhood rather than trying to make him alluring and boyfriendable #i need him to write one of these essays abt berowne. please god david talk about berowne PLEASE #r/j #ws #making this post bc my opinion of leonardo dicaprio's romeo has lowered so dramatically after watching the movie again.#i'm sure he's a great actor in other stuff. but he was not . built to interpret shakespearean text sorry LOL

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