#trash romeo

[mylovelookup]

Modern au

[honeylemonntea]

[grem-archive]

we call that the yankee doodle dumptruck

[identitty-dickruption]

found my year nine romeo and juliet assignment where I rewrote it as “romeo and juliyenn” from the perspective of “pariyse”. um. help

[angelunderheaven]

'cause trouble was made for two, don't care 'bout ruining my reputation loving you

[maleendumbblog]

My favorite characters in LoP and how I treat them

[droughtofapathy]

"Welcome to the Theatre": Diary of a Broadway Baby

Romeo + Juliet

November 4, 2024 | Broadway | Circle in the Square | Evening | Play | Adaptation | 2H 10M

I don't even have it in me to be a Grade A Hater today. But damned if I'm not going to try. I saw this on Monday, and I was miserable for over two hours. The pre-show bass beat seems designed to cultivate the most hostile environment humanly possible. After about ten minutes of intense and oppressive noise, I felt genuinely ill. I don't do loud music. I don't go to screaming concerts. Forty minutes of this pre-show bass had me feeling nauseous, short-of-breath, and incredibly pissed the fuck off. I wore earplugs and still the physical vibrations set my teeth on edge.

The entire show is a quizzical muddling of the text includes nonsensical double-casting choices, aimless and misguided direction, and contrived original music that slots awkwardly into place. This production aims to attract a young audience and succeeds only in showcasing the absolute dregs of theatrical artistry. This tiktok-modeled production is a cesspool of insufferable clip-length moments stuck together with scotch tape and paperclips. Actors do little to embody the characters beyond superficial posturing, instead spending all their energy on humping and grinding on each other (and a big stuffed bear?) at any opportunity. There is little visual distinction between the families because everyone is dressed like sixteen-year-olds going to a club with their fake IDs.

The adaptation goes out of its way to emphasize that Juliet is "not yet fourteen," on multiple occasions, and (presumably) fills the theatre lobby and sparse scenery with arcade-style stuffed bears to symbolize their youth. And yet, the direction is hypersexualized to the extreme. That boy never puts on a proper shirt and the girl spends most of the show in boyshorts and tanktops. Their relationship has been directed to be as sexy and titillating as possible, instead of a sweet and awkward affair between two young teens. Everyone else is groping each other non-stop, but also kind of incel-like. They binge drink, they vape, they sexually assault one another for fun. So like...everyone's horny but no one's fucking. Great. Vulgar for shock-value and little exploration of the tragedies of young love. And of the affair itself, it's largely one-sided. Kit Conner is giving a respectable performance and seems mostly at-ease with Shakespearan text, while Rachel Zegler is truly out-of-her-depth with the language and character. Which is surprising given that she basically did Juliet already once before. The original music she's given is contrived and ill-suited to the plot, but who cares when it fulfills its sole purpose. She gets a song. Woo-hoo. It's not great.

Other nonsensical decisions include having one character goading audiences into a chorus of "We Are Young" immediately after Juliet feigns suicide and her parents (played by the same actor with little distinction beyond stereotyped gender performance that seems more than a little misogynistic) weep over her corpse. Because god forbid young audiences be allowed to sit with a poignant moment. The first half is punctuated every few minutes by that deafening bass and more gyrating choreography for whatever reason. I kept the earplugs in the whole time and it was still too loud.

If we are to assume the only theatrical productions that can attract a young audiences must also be bereft of nuance, drama, and depth, then yeah, okay, sure. The show is right: the youth are fucked.

Verdict: Someone Put This Dumpster Fire Out

A Note on Ratings

[lamborghinitoothpull]

Drowning in a cute motel pool with bam margera

[cto10121]

*Bernie Sanders meme voice* I am asking you once again to give Romeo his low note in LRdM back

[sweater-equestrian]

nature valley bar: big hit with these two

[cloned-sheep97]

Personas que haría casting si hacen una película/serie sobre CDN (excepto que son medio hc)

1. Damián-Santiago segura

hoy me forzaron a ver la película de vacaciones de verano y todo el rato pensaba ''holy guacamole se parece un poco al de RARO'' Y en la película actuaba casi exactamente como imagino que el de RARO actuaría

2.Shirley-Rio romeo

uno, son rubias

dos, gay gay homosexual gay

creo que shirley sería una rio romeo con pelo largo, o la de Good God! (la que come comida china)

y aquí termina mi ranta de CDN porque no se me ocurren más personas que podrían hacer de X personaje

[callixton]

i love when people will just say. anything about shakespeare. esp when ‘correcting’ other misinformation. you’re both wrong <3

[ilikeyoshi]

another day another annoying modern greek goddess per3phone girlboss take

[piedoesnotequalpi]

Oh boy I’ve written something outside my Not till a hot January AU! It’s kinda weak but I really enjoy the premise so here’s some sickening content that aggressively takes place in Rochester, NY.

[beefrobeefcal]

as if i needed any more convincing that he's just IT.

Via IG

When he imagines being a glove on Juliet's hand, to touch her face... 🫠

[irlpretear]

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