Would you watch a tv series about Romeo and Juliet if they had lived?

[Buzz Rules]

Would you watch a tv series about Romeo and Juliet if they had lived? I know ABC did a series that was canceled (for a variety of reasons) that tried to continue the story as it was told but would you tune into an AU version that starts with an alternate ending? For example if the couple didn’t die but ran away, the show could follow their journey. Just a thought.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Probably not

 

[Smugpugmug]

Probably not. I find Romeo and Juliet to be so overdone in terms of adaptations.

 

[Meriweather]

no

 

[kanerf]

Perhaps, but you need a good story line. Kind of hard to one-up Shakespeare though.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I doubt it. Maybe depends who’s in it and how it’s done.

 

[Mysterian]

They did. They changed their last name to Lockhorn before things went downhill.

 

[MrsPete]

I think this concept could work as a movie, but I don't see enough content for it to become a series.

Such a story would absolutely have to deal with Romeo's roaming eye. Remember, as the story begins, our boy is absolutely in love with Roasline -- to the point that his friends are very concerned about him. He goes to Capulet's party only in hopes of catching a glimpse of his lady love. He sees Juliet and immediately forgets his previous love. To quote one of my former students: "Mrs. Pete, Romeo ain't nothin' but a horn dog."

And such a story would have to include Juliet's incredible youth -- her father tells us,"she hath not seen the change of fourteen years" -- and her lack of readiness for marriage.

Interesting factoid: Shakespeare was a plagiarist. One of his contemporaries praised his ability to tell a tale "providing someone had told it him before". R&J was based upon an Italian poem about two young lovers Romeus and Juliet; however, the tone of the Italian poem is quite different -- it ends with their deaths, but the moral feels more like "they got what they deserved for lying and disobeying their parents".

 

[tvguy]

No idea. I moved to a private High School my Freshman year that was on a different class schedule than the public schools. I moved back to public high school my Sophomore year. I have never read anything by William Shakespeare and have no desire to.

 

[Mysterian]

I think this concept could work as a movie, but I don't see enough content for it to become a series.

Such a story would absolutely have to deal with Romeo's roaming eye. Remember, as the story begins, our boy is absolutely in love with Roasline -- to the point that his friends are very concerned about him. He goes to Capulet's party only in hopes of catching a glimpse of his lady love. He sees Juliet and immediately forgets his previous love. To quote one of my former students: "Mrs. Pete, Romeo ain't nothin' but a horn dog."

And such a story would have to include Juliet's incredible youth -- her father tells us,"she hath not seen the change of fourteen years" -- and her lack of readiness for marriage.

Interesting factoid: Shakespeare was a plagiarist. One of his contemporaries praised his ability to tell a tale "providing someone had told it him before". R&J was based upon an Italian poem about two young lovers Romeus and Juliet; however, the tone of the Italian poem is quite different -- it ends with their deaths, but the moral feels more like "they got what they deserved for lying and disobeying their parents".

Huh, I didn't know about the Italian poem. I do know about Tristan and Isolde, which predates R&J and shares some slight similarities. It's actually a much more interesting story IMO. I always wondered if Shakespeare didn't pull some ideas from it.

 

[NJlauren]

This plot/concept is currently a Broadway musical, called &Juliet, it’s if she didn’t kill herself what would have happened next.

It’s getting decent reviews, I see it in 2 weeks!

 

[Buzz Rules]

This plot/concept is currently a Broadway musical, called &Juliet, it’s if she didn’t kill herself what would have happened next.

It’s getting decent reviews, I see it in 2 weeks!

The play definitely puts some major twists on 16th century Italy. I hope you enjoy the show, it’s not my cup of tea but I can see why a modern audience would enjoy it.

 

[adkkev]

Rosaline is the most recent movie about Romeo and Juliet … from the perspective of Rosaline.

 

[NJlauren]

The play definitely puts some major twists on 16th century Italy. I hope you enjoy the show, it’s not my cup of tea but I can see why a modern audience would enjoy it.

I am excited to see it, I love love theater so should be fun either way, I’m mixed on junk box musicals so we shall see!

 

[MrsPete]

No idea. I moved to a private High School my Freshman year that was on a different class schedule than the public schools. I moved back to public high school my Sophomore year. I have never read anything by William Shakespeare and have no desire to.

But you know a bunch of his stories!

The Lion King? That's Hamlet. She's The Man -- Twelfth Night. Ten Things I Hate About You -- Taming of the Shrew. West Side Story -- such a good film! -- is Romeo & Juliet. Breaking Bad -- a good man who turned bad, that's Macbeth. Game of Thrones picks up bits and pieces of the various King Richard plays. King Lear shows up in a number of movies.

You use phrases of his: Green with envy, Green-eyed monster, To thine own self be true, Neither a borrower or a lender be, Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, Wild goose chase, Cruel to be kind, Love is blind, Wear my heart on my sleeve, Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, In a pickle ... this list could go on and on. He even invented the words alligator and elbow; or at least he was the first to write them down on paper.

 

[tvguy]

But you know a bunch of his stories!

The Lion King? That's Hamlet. She's The Man -- Twelfth Night. Ten Things I Hate About You -- Taming of the Shrew. West Side Story -- such a good film! -- is Romeo & Juliet. Breaking Bad -- a good man who turned bad, that's Macbeth. Game of Thrones picks up bits and pieces of the various King Richard plays. King Lear shows up in a number of movies.

You use phrases of his: Green with envy, Green-eyed monster, To thine own self be true, Neither a borrower or a lender be, Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, Wild goose chase, Cruel to be kind, Love is blind, Wear my heart on my sleeve, Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, In a pickle ... this list could go on and on. He even invented the words alligator and elbow; or at least he was the first to write them down on paper.

Well, only seen the Lion King, none of the other movies. And I worked in TV News for 40+ years where cliches were a no no.

 

[Mysterian]

But you know a bunch of his stories!

The Lion King? That's Hamlet. She's The Man -- Twelfth Night. Ten Things I Hate About You -- Taming of the Shrew. West Side Story -- such a good film! -- is Romeo & Juliet. Breaking Bad -- a good man who turned bad, that's Macbeth. Game of Thrones picks up bits and pieces of the various King Richard plays. King Lear shows up in a number of movies.

You use phrases of his: Green with envy, Green-eyed monster, To thine own self be true, Neither a borrower or a lender be, Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war, Wild goose chase, Cruel to be kind, Love is blind, Wear my heart on my sleeve, Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, In a pickle ... this list could go on and on. He even invented the words alligator and elbow; or at least he was the first to write them down on paper.

I agree that Lion King has a Shakespearean (and I'd argue Western) edge to it, but many believe Lion King's directly based on Japan's Kimba the White Lion. The lead animator denies it, but Peter Chung (Aeon Flux) worked at Disney, and said Kimba art was on the pinned on animator office walls well before Lion King was in production.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Ready to have your mind blown? Star Wars ep. 1-6 is a retelling of the Bible.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Ready to have your mind blown? Star Wars ep. 1-6 is a retelling of the Bible.

Narnia/Lord of the Rings.

 

[Moliphino]

No idea. I moved to a private High School my Freshman year that was on a different class schedule than the public schools. I moved back to public high school my Sophomore year. I have never read anything by William Shakespeare and have no desire to.

They're plays, so they're not really meant to be read, anyway. Definitely not the best way to experience them.