05-10-2006, 07:18 PM | #17 |
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LOL! Those two need to GET MARRIED! hehehe
Here's an interesting tidbit about that one. It's about the difference between comedy and tragedy. In a comedy, everything starts out crazy but eventually it all works out. In a tragedy every starts outs OK but eventually it all goes awry. In R&J the first half, up to the wedding, is a comedy, and the second half is a tragedy. So it starts out crazy then everything works out then it all goes awry! Just about every other play ever written before R&J, even WS' own stuff, follows the formula. So R&J is the first to bust out of that formula. And it's also one of the most popular plays in the world, next to MacBeth. So busting the formula can pay off, sometimes. |
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