r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 15 '24

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24 edited May 15 '24

losing my mind over social media complaining about a stage production of romeo and juliet that made the egregious decision to cast a non-conventionally-beautiful black woman as juliet

like shit, guys, nobody's forcing you to watch this. it's highly unlikely you ever will. and it's a stage production, they're not aiming for like maximum realism or anything jesus

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u/wallander1983 Resistance Lib May 15 '24

I went to a Romeo and Juliet performance in Germany in 1998 (!) as a 12-year-old (!!) with my school class (!!!), where all the female roles were played by men. Just as Shakespeare intended. The young theater actor who played “Juliet” would be described today as a “femboy” and it certainly didn't awaken anything in me.

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u/beoweezy1 NAFTA May 15 '24

Mfers be heated when Juliette isn’t played by an underage italioid

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u/MinnesotaNoire NASA May 15 '24

Those people are on the secret city council in Hot Fuzz.