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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 163 points 2 years ago (5 children) There's several Shakespeare plays involving cross-dressing. So basically they're going to outlaw Shakespeare. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago (3 children) They already banned Shakespeare in several schools for being too sexual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago Sigh. Of course they did... permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Anyone remember the bit in the Bible where lot gets drunk and rapes his daughters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 44 points 2 years ago (2 children) No but I remember the part where they get him drunk and they rape him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago Although it’s still fiction, one has to wonder whether it’s more common for a drunk father to sexually assault his children, or for children to get their father drunk in order to sexually assault him, and how it would be reported by said father if the former were the one to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm sure that's what he told everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh that makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or Ezekiel 23:20 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children) For those unaware, this is a verse about dudes with dicks like donkeys that shoot loads like horses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The classic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Ah, one can dream... permalink fedilink source parent [–] AzuleBlade@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) My freshman year of high school, my AP English teacher made sure to point out all the sexual stuff in Shakespeare, much to our chagrin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) My favorite things about Shakespeare as an English teacher was explaining the innuendos and explaining how Romeo and Juliet was absolutely not a love story lol I had a young woman who was a freshman yell at me, crying, that Romeo and Juliet was the greatest love story of all time and it was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like some of that comes down to... Well, us, the adults. For some ungodly reason, we've been calling it things like "a love story" and "a tragedy," and now people just don't know what to expect. We've also somewhat sanitized it. The pop-culture focus on it tends to be the lengths they go to in order to be together, or the families coming together at the end; but we tend to ignore that the couple is just trying to be together to bone, it's full of dick jokes, and at the end they basically get cockblocked so hard that they die. Actually, now that I think of it, Kenneth Branaugh is great and all, but I'd love to see a Seth Rogen adaptation of this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's sort of a love story, but it's obviously a tragic love story. I'm not sure I'd use the word "adorable" but it could certainly be touching, especially to a teen girl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm a bit confused. Do the inuendos prevent it from being a love story? I always found it to be a tragic lovestory of two horny teenagers. I think hornyness is a common part of being in love. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It may not be a real love story, but Romeo and Juliet definitely go to bone town. And it was played by two men when Shakespeare wrote it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 2 years ago That is a beautiful teacher permalink fedilink source parent [–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children) Republicans see no issue with banning Shakespeare and any other expression of art permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago Or knowledge. Keeping their constituents dumb and illiterate is the only way they can get votes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago The only book you need is the Bible and the only art is the CROSS. If you have time for entertainment you have time to work and if you're a kid, go see your local pastor for "work" -- them, most likely permalink fedilink source parent [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* Republicans only care about Shakespeare, beethoven, and other such classical plays and music when they can use it as a dog whistle in order to imply an inherent criminality and inferiority present in Black Culture permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago And then they'll turn around and ban all of the ones that don't involve cross-dressing because in Shakespeare's time the female parts were all played by men. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago They've unintentionally banned the Bible in their regressionist book burning jihad, so probably. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago (3 children) They already banned Shakespeare in several schools for being too sexual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago Sigh. Of course they did... permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Anyone remember the bit in the Bible where lot gets drunk and rapes his daughters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 44 points 2 years ago (2 children) No but I remember the part where they get him drunk and they rape him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago Although it’s still fiction, one has to wonder whether it’s more common for a drunk father to sexually assault his children, or for children to get their father drunk in order to sexually assault him, and how it would be reported by said father if the former were the one to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm sure that's what he told everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh that makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or Ezekiel 23:20 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children) For those unaware, this is a verse about dudes with dicks like donkeys that shoot loads like horses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The classic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Ah, one can dream... permalink fedilink source parent [–] AzuleBlade@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) My freshman year of high school, my AP English teacher made sure to point out all the sexual stuff in Shakespeare, much to our chagrin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) My favorite things about Shakespeare as an English teacher was explaining the innuendos and explaining how Romeo and Juliet was absolutely not a love story lol I had a young woman who was a freshman yell at me, crying, that Romeo and Juliet was the greatest love story of all time and it was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like some of that comes down to... Well, us, the adults. For some ungodly reason, we've been calling it things like "a love story" and "a tragedy," and now people just don't know what to expect. We've also somewhat sanitized it. The pop-culture focus on it tends to be the lengths they go to in order to be together, or the families coming together at the end; but we tend to ignore that the couple is just trying to be together to bone, it's full of dick jokes, and at the end they basically get cockblocked so hard that they die. Actually, now that I think of it, Kenneth Branaugh is great and all, but I'd love to see a Seth Rogen adaptation of this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's sort of a love story, but it's obviously a tragic love story. I'm not sure I'd use the word "adorable" but it could certainly be touching, especially to a teen girl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm a bit confused. Do the inuendos prevent it from being a love story? I always found it to be a tragic lovestory of two horny teenagers. I think hornyness is a common part of being in love. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It may not be a real love story, but Romeo and Juliet definitely go to bone town. And it was played by two men when Shakespeare wrote it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 2 years ago That is a beautiful teacher permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago Sigh. Of course they did... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (2 children) Anyone remember the bit in the Bible where lot gets drunk and rapes his daughters? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 44 points 2 years ago (2 children) No but I remember the part where they get him drunk and they rape him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago Although it’s still fiction, one has to wonder whether it’s more common for a drunk father to sexually assault his children, or for children to get their father drunk in order to sexually assault him, and how it would be reported by said father if the former were the one to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm sure that's what he told everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh that makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or Ezekiel 23:20 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children) For those unaware, this is a verse about dudes with dicks like donkeys that shoot loads like horses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The classic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Ah, one can dream... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 44 points 2 years ago (2 children) No but I remember the part where they get him drunk and they rape him. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago Although it’s still fiction, one has to wonder whether it’s more common for a drunk father to sexually assault his children, or for children to get their father drunk in order to sexually assault him, and how it would be reported by said father if the former were the one to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm sure that's what he told everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh that makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago Although it’s still fiction, one has to wonder whether it’s more common for a drunk father to sexually assault his children, or for children to get their father drunk in order to sexually assault him, and how it would be reported by said father if the former were the one to happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I'm sure that's what he told everybody. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ilex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Oh that makes more sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or Ezekiel 23:20 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children) For those unaware, this is a verse about dudes with dicks like donkeys that shoot loads like horses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The classic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Ah, one can dream... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (2 children) For those unaware, this is a verse about dudes with dicks like donkeys that shoot loads like horses. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago The classic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lorez@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Ah, one can dream... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AzuleBlade@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) My freshman year of high school, my AP English teacher made sure to point out all the sexual stuff in Shakespeare, much to our chagrin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) My favorite things about Shakespeare as an English teacher was explaining the innuendos and explaining how Romeo and Juliet was absolutely not a love story lol I had a young woman who was a freshman yell at me, crying, that Romeo and Juliet was the greatest love story of all time and it was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like some of that comes down to... Well, us, the adults. For some ungodly reason, we've been calling it things like "a love story" and "a tragedy," and now people just don't know what to expect. We've also somewhat sanitized it. The pop-culture focus on it tends to be the lengths they go to in order to be together, or the families coming together at the end; but we tend to ignore that the couple is just trying to be together to bone, it's full of dick jokes, and at the end they basically get cockblocked so hard that they die. Actually, now that I think of it, Kenneth Branaugh is great and all, but I'd love to see a Seth Rogen adaptation of this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's sort of a love story, but it's obviously a tragic love story. I'm not sure I'd use the word "adorable" but it could certainly be touching, especially to a teen girl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm a bit confused. Do the inuendos prevent it from being a love story? I always found it to be a tragic lovestory of two horny teenagers. I think hornyness is a common part of being in love. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It may not be a real love story, but Romeo and Juliet definitely go to bone town. And it was played by two men when Shakespeare wrote it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 2 years ago That is a beautiful teacher permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (4 children) My favorite things about Shakespeare as an English teacher was explaining the innuendos and explaining how Romeo and Juliet was absolutely not a love story lol I had a young woman who was a freshman yell at me, crying, that Romeo and Juliet was the greatest love story of all time and it was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like some of that comes down to... Well, us, the adults. For some ungodly reason, we've been calling it things like "a love story" and "a tragedy," and now people just don't know what to expect. We've also somewhat sanitized it. The pop-culture focus on it tends to be the lengths they go to in order to be together, or the families coming together at the end; but we tend to ignore that the couple is just trying to be together to bone, it's full of dick jokes, and at the end they basically get cockblocked so hard that they die. Actually, now that I think of it, Kenneth Branaugh is great and all, but I'd love to see a Seth Rogen adaptation of this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's sort of a love story, but it's obviously a tragic love story. I'm not sure I'd use the word "adorable" but it could certainly be touching, especially to a teen girl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm a bit confused. Do the inuendos prevent it from being a love story? I always found it to be a tragic lovestory of two horny teenagers. I think hornyness is a common part of being in love. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It may not be a real love story, but Romeo and Juliet definitely go to bone town. And it was played by two men when Shakespeare wrote it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like some of that comes down to... Well, us, the adults. For some ungodly reason, we've been calling it things like "a love story" and "a tragedy," and now people just don't know what to expect. We've also somewhat sanitized it. The pop-culture focus on it tends to be the lengths they go to in order to be together, or the families coming together at the end; but we tend to ignore that the couple is just trying to be together to bone, it's full of dick jokes, and at the end they basically get cockblocked so hard that they die. Actually, now that I think of it, Kenneth Branaugh is great and all, but I'd love to see a Seth Rogen adaptation of this one. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Totally agreed on all counts, especially the last bit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's sort of a love story, but it's obviously a tragic love story. I'm not sure I'd use the word "adorable" but it could certainly be touching, especially to a teen girl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Bad punctuation on my part. The teen was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I think they meant the teen girl was adorable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm a bit confused. Do the inuendos prevent it from being a love story? I always found it to be a tragic lovestory of two horny teenagers. I think hornyness is a common part of being in love. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's a tragedy about two teens in who know each other for 4 days, get married after 24 hours, and cause the deaths of 6 people. The story opens with Romeo pining after a totally different young woman, which is why his friends take him to the party in the first place Ultimately, it's a warning about foolish love permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent [–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree with most of this. I differ in that I think foolish love is a Natural and integral part of the age of the protagonists. The teenagers are not ať fault in my eyes. So to me, it seems more like a warning about foolish adults with the prime example being friar Laurence - seriously, wtf man, what were you thinking, you were supposed to know better! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, Romeo and Juliet is the story about how two naive but innocent kids ended up as the victims of their families' senseless feuding. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It's pretty fucked all around. It's not just any two teens, but the children of two powerful families who are feuding for no reason. I think we can generalize it as a warning against foolishness in general. In the end, all of them were Fortune's fool, not just Romeo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* It may not be a real love story, but Romeo and Juliet definitely go to bone town. And it was played by two men when Shakespeare wrote it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 2 points 2 years ago That is a beautiful teacher permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children) Republicans see no issue with banning Shakespeare and any other expression of art permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago Or knowledge. Keeping their constituents dumb and illiterate is the only way they can get votes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago The only book you need is the Bible and the only art is the CROSS. If you have time for entertainment you have time to work and if you're a kid, go see your local pastor for "work" -- them, most likely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _cerpin_taxt_@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago Or knowledge. Keeping their constituents dumb and illiterate is the only way they can get votes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago The only book you need is the Bible and the only art is the CROSS. If you have time for entertainment you have time to work and if you're a kid, go see your local pastor for "work" -- them, most likely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* Republicans only care about Shakespeare, beethoven, and other such classical plays and music when they can use it as a dog whistle in order to imply an inherent criminality and inferiority present in Black Culture permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago And then they'll turn around and ban all of the ones that don't involve cross-dressing because in Shakespeare's time the female parts were all played by men. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago They've unintentionally banned the Bible in their regressionist book burning jihad, so probably. permalink fedilink source parent