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senadimell · 2 years

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CW: references to suicidal ideation Just saw this post about Romeo and Juliet, which brought something to mind when considering West Side Story as an adaption. Nobody has any parents. That was brought up more in the WSS 2021 movie (sometimes a little heavy-handedly), but reading the essay’s discussion of Lord Capulet’s shift to tyranny drove home the fact that parental absence is at WSS’s core. The kids are feral because society’s failed them.

Obviously, there’s a stronger familial net in the play’s fictional Puerto Rican community (compare what “America” or even “I Feel Pretty” suggests about the relative prominence and value of family in Maria and the Sharks’ lives compared what “Officer Krupke” suggests about the Jets’.) But still, Maria lives with her brother and sister-in-law, not her parents. The play is not so much about ‘two houses alike in dignity’ as it is about disenfranchised groups fighting for scraps because dignity is denied to one on the basis of race to one and on the basis of class* to the other. Neither has access to the “dignity” of middle class respectability, and parental absence underscores the fragility of these communities, though the reasons are different for both groups.

Anyways, I do think that parental absence is especially prominent in WSS 2021— compare Tony’s interaction with Valentina in “Something’s Coming” with Riff’s barroom gun purchase. Still not over the whiplash between the seriousness of the latter scene, where Riff shoves the his head into the barrel of a loaded gun without blinking and dares the man to do something, with the scene immediately following it where they’re all yelling “pow” and fake-shooting like they’re in a Saturday-morning cartoon. Like, you go from “wow, they have nothing to live for other than violence and they’re old beyond they’re years” to “these are children and they can’t fully comprehend that this isn’t a game.”

Parental absence is far less pronounced with Maria because she’s living with Anita and Bernardo, but I do think it’s significant that she’s defying her older brother and not her father, especially because it’s her brother who’s killed by the people he warns her away from but won’t/can’t stay away from himself. (And WSS 2021 makes it clear that while he really does enjoy the thrill of a fight, he also can’t stay away because his gang membership is born in large part out of the need to protect his community because no one else will). She responds to Bernardo’s commands with an attitude of “who are you to tell me what to do?” because he’s often telling her to stay away from things that he’s constantly surrounded with.

The full tragedy of this is driven home after he’s dead and leaves behind Anita as his functional widow. Anita previously served as a counterpoint to Bernardo’s controlling tendencies and in small ways, let Maria into the world he tried to keep her out of. Let’s just say you that the poignancy of “A Boy Like That” has a lot to do with the fact that Maria has a sisterly and not maternal relationship with Anita and is not a whole generation her senior, only a few years. (Still, still not over finally realizing that “a boy like that” is just as much about “a violent boy” as it is “a white boy” by the end of the song—fantastic job, Ariana Dubose).

So yeah. Cutting the parents has major thematic implications for what kind of story a Romeo and Juliet is telling.

*race may also factor into the Jets’ treatment but it’s been a while since I’ve got my hands on the book and I don’t want to project too much onto the play from Spielberg’s interpretation; still, accepting Irish and various south and Eastern European immigrants as an equal part of a “white” class was a gradual process but one I’m not informed enough about to speak about confidently, especially not the shifts from the 1920s to the 1950s and ‘60s, which is when the play really developed and was shown to audiences. I’m inclined to treat them primarily as working-class white as the play seems to, even if there are hints at lingering immigrant prejudice, because I see the play as largely taking place during a cultural shift in race relations that made the more important question “white or not white?” rather than WASP or not. I do think it’s interesting to consider the implications of the shift from East Side Story’s Catholic v. Jewish conflict with antisemitism underlying the story to West Side Story’s white/2nd-3rd degree immigrants v. Puerto Rican immigrant conflict with racism underlying the story, especially given the fact that the female equivalent of Maria was a Holocaust survivor who’d immigrated to New York from Israel, but that’s a story for another day (and requires far more research).

#west side story #wss 2021 #cw: suicide #cw: suicidal ideation #cw: holocaust mention #west side story 2021 #romeo and juliet #it's an adaption y'all

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yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere · 6 months

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so many reasons for why i love rachel zegler BUT THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT!♥ (i could go on and on with screens)

+ as this post gets more attention, and more people send love Rachel's way check:

+ some more love for Rachel (if you're already here)♥

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silks-up-my-sleeve · 1 year

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I saw @shutupdevvie do this and I love seeing stats like this for people's spotify!

I'm tagging: @pennylanefics @rhythm-of-space @sunfl0wer-power @sorry-i-spaced @return-of-the-penor and anyone else who would like to share :)

#i love spotify stats- i manipulated my top 10 on my spotify wrapped in 2021 lol #also romeo and juliet is the BEST break up song of the century and i will not take any criticism

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quarklynx · 2 years

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THATS HOW WEST SIDE STORY ENDS???!?!?

THATS BULLSHIT

WHAT

#PEOPLE DYING LEFT AND RIGHT AND THEN THE SUN RISES AND ITS JUST ANOTHER DAY #I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ROMEO AND JULIET BUT MARIA LIVING AFTER ALL THAT IS SOMEHOW SADDER THAN IF SHE'D DIED #FUCK #yeah i was definitely too young to fully understand this story the first time i saw it #fuck what am i supposed to do now #just sit here? sad?#oh apparently theres a documentary-style bonus content thing about the making-of. might as well #maybe itll neutralize the emotional upheaval from that compact and somewhat unexpected ending #(i say somewhat bc everyone knows romeo and juliet stuff typically ends in tragedy)#but seriously.. dang #i will say that the 2021 version is very good. good acting good directing good lighting and costuming choices

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sprachgitter · 9 months

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on storytelling and repetition

“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably. They don��t deceive you with thrills and trick endings. They don’t surprise you with the unforeseen. They are as familiar as the house you live in. Or the smell of your lover’s skin. You know how they end, yet you listen as though you don’t. In the way that although you know that one day you will die, you live as though you won’t. In the Great Stories you know who lives, who dies, who finds love, who doesn’t. And yet you want to know again.”

— Arundhati Roy on Indian mythology and folklore, in God of Small Things (1997)

“It was only once – once – that an audience went to see Romeo and Juliet, and hoped they might live happily ever after. You can bet that the word soon went around the playhouses: they don’t get out of that tomb alive. But every time it’s been played, every night, every show, we stand with Romeo at the Capulets’ monument. We know: when he breaks into the tomb, he will see Juliet asleep, and believe she is dead. We know he will be dead himself before he knows better. But every time, we are on the edge of our seats, holding out our knowledge like a present we can’t give him.”

— Hilary Mantel on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, in “Can These Bones Live?”, Reith Lecture, 2017

“So what makes this poem mnemonic is not just repetition. Rather, it’s the fact that with repetition, the repeated phrase grows more and more questionable. I’ve remembered “Come on now, boys” because, with every new repetition, it seems to offer more exasperation than encouragement, more doubt than assertion. I remembered this refrain because it kept me wondering about what it meant, which is to say, it kept me wondering about the kind of future it predicted. What is mnemonic about this repetition is not the reader’s ability to remember it, but that the phrase itself remembers something about the people it addresses; it remembers violence. Repetition, then, is not only a demonstration of something that keeps recurring: an endless supply of new generations of cruel boys with sweaty fists. It is also about our inability to stop this repetition: the established cycles of repetition are like spells and there’s no anti-spell to stop them from happening. The more we repeat, the less power we have over the words and the more power the words have over us. Poetic repetition is about the potency of language and the impotence of its speakers. In our care, language is futile and change is impossible.”

— Valzhyna Mort on Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, in “FACE – FACE – FACE: A Poet Under the Spell of Loss”, The Poetry Society Annual Lecture, 2021

#web weaving #quote compilation #shakespeare #romeo and juliet #Hilary Mantel #arundhati roy #valzhyna mort #excerpt #on poetry #on storytelling #god of small things

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godblooded · 2 years

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going to see elvis with my aunt in a bit and writing til then. because i think maybe i have half an ounce of inspiration? it’s sort of there. might put some stuff in the queue BUT i made a self promo i like now. i think i need to retool my layout but otherwise time to scribble scribble scribble. (and really hope elvis looks as much like moulin-rouge-but-make-it-elvis like it does)

#ooc. higurashi no naku koro halloween kills 2021 dir david gordon green ni.#[yes i know 3/4 of the world hates baz luhrmann for romeo + juliet but i love the red curtain trilogy including strictly ballroom #and i love all the fucking shiny loud ass musicals he can possibly make.]

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yume-fanfare · 5 months

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whenever you ask your friend what enstars story they recommend “hey which one do i start with is the newest one fine” they always go “no, what you gotta do is head on over to the wiki and look up the story that went untranslated for 5 years, Performance! The tragicomedy of Romeo and Juliet. You’ll see there is no translation available. Copy the link. Close the wiki. Open the Wayback machine and look for a save from no later than 2021. There are 12 chapters there. For the remaining half, open the tumblr blog esotl, on desktop view for oissu reading, and you’ll experience the best story this series has to offer.” And they're right

#enstars #ok that was it :)#mar's midnight rambles #go read performance #bolding the instructions actually.#ok no im taking off the bolding again

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mrsmancuspia · 6 months

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Reylo museum 2021 - Based off the piece “Romeo and Juliet” by Svetlin Vassilev

I made this piece for the last, ever I guess, edition of Reylo museum, between one thing and another, I never published it even though I absolutely loved working on this one, I really put a LOT of detail to this. Here it is now :)

I had a lot of love for that collaboration, seeing beautiful art reinterpreted as Reylo art out of only love and motivation for the fandom, I will always miss those days

#reylo #kylo ren #ben solo #rey #reylo fanart

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mysticfalls01 · 5 months

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Romeo & Juliet

(Misa Rodríguez x reader)

Playing for Barcelona and dating a Real Madrid player has been something crazy.

Before playing for Barcelona, you played for Atletico de Madrid for their B team where you met the love of your life, María Isabel Rodríguez or better known as Misa.

From the moment you met her you were head over heels for her, you asked her out 6 months after meeting her and you guys officially started dating a month later.

Misa is the extrovert to your introvert persona, she is the light you see at the end of the tunnel. Misa and you complemented each other perfectly, she brought out your best qualities. Dating Misa has been the best thing ever, it wasn’t a secret that you guys were dating as your Instagram page basically became fan account for her.

Everything had been a bliss until the season 2020/2021. You guys knew that if you wanted to grow as a professional player moving from Atletico was the best decision as both of your contracts ended. When the news about your decisions to move from teams came out the both of you received offers from multiple teams.

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Cuddling in the living of your shared apartment in Madrid the both of you knew that it was needed to have “The Talk” about your futures.

“Mi amor, ayer me marcó mi representante y me comentó las ofertas que ha recibido” (Mi love, yesterday mi agent called to tell me about the offers that he has received) Misa said enthusiastically.

“That’s amazing baby!” you said matching her energy.

“En cuanto me mencionó el nombre de un equipo le dije que ese era, que los demás no me interesaban” (As soon as he mentioned a particular team, I told him that that was the team, that I didn’t want to hear more) she said, you could see how her eyes shined with determination

“Mi vida, I also recently talked with mi manager, and I also have a preference for a particular team” you answered her

“How about this mi amor, we count until three and we mention the name of the team” she said with a grin on her face

So, the both of you started counting before saying the team’s names.

“1, 2, 3”

“Real Madrid”

“Barcelona”

As soon as each other heard the name of the other person’s team you guys stared at each other with wide eyes knowing what it meant.

Each one of you were joining a different side from the most important rivalry in football.

Silence was all that was heard in the apartment until you decided to talk.

“Mi vida, I know what this means. I haven’t accepted the offer yet. For you I could join another team” you said with a soft voice.

Misa turned towards you and with her finger on your chin she turned your face towards her own face.

You were looking at her brown eyes when she spoke “Amor, one of the best teams in the world wants you to join them, I couldn’t ask you to do not join them.”

She made a brief pause before talking again. “I know that I’m joining Real, it’s a totally new team but it’s my dream to be there when one of the best organizations can fight against the best teams in the world, I want to help them to achieve that goal. I promise you that nothing will change our relationship even the legendary rivalry won’t be able to change it”

Her words and her confidence only made you love her even more.

“And don’t worry mi amor, I’ll talk with Ale and Jenni as I’m sure that you will need your extrovert person there” she said with a wink.

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When the announcements of both of your signings came out the fans were quick to give you guys new nicknames “Romeo & Juliet” with Misa being Juliet and you being Romeo.

Sticking true to her word she talked with her national teammates Alexia and Jenni. They received you with open arms and made sure to make your arrival as smooth as possible not without being teased for dating one of their closest friends.

As time passed the both of you adapted to your new teams, each of you were in love with your teams. You guys talked with each other in a daily basis and traveled to each other’s city when it was possible.

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Before you knew it the game that you had been dreading all season was about to happen. The first ever women’s “El Clásico”.

When you saw that next week’s game was against Real Madrid you were regretting choosing to be a striker and not a midfielder or a defender, your job was going to be to score against the love of your life.

Alexia and Lieke, your national teammate, noticed that you were more quiet than usual. You were a quiet person but you had never reached that level of quietness so, the both of them approached you in the team’s bus which was on the way to the field.

“Romeo! Is everything alright?” Alexia asked while sitting next to you.

“Oh, hola Ale. Si, everything is alright”

“Don’t lie to me Romeo, I can see it on your face how worried you are” Alexia said softly.

“Yeah y/nn, you are quieter than usual. We just want to help you” Lieke said.

You were so in your own head that you didn’t heard Lieke arriving.

“We are playing against Real Madrid” was all you said.

“Yeah?” Lieke said having not yet realized what you were talking about

Ale being the intelligent woman she is she realized why you were so worried. “It’s Misa isn’t it y/n”

“Ja”

Lieke was the first one to hug you with Ale following her action.

“y/n you know that Misa will love nothing more than you giving your all”

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You had never been more nervous than the moment when you were in the tunnel, even if you weren’t starting the nerves were still there.

Before going to the bench you felt a hand quickly taking you away from the crowd. When you turned around to see who took your hand you saw your favorite brown eyes, it was Misa.

“Amor!” Misa said while giving you a hug. You quickly put your face on her neck and hugged her. She could how fast your heart was beating.

“Amor, Ale told me how nervous you are” she softly said.

All you could do was to nod your head still hugging her as you were seeking for her comfort.

“y/nn you know that whatever happens on that field will not change our relationship, the love that we have for each other”

“I know mi vida but what if I score against you, what if I make the winning goal, what if…” before you could continue she gave you soft kiss to stop your rambling.

“Baby, calm down. We knew that sooner or later this game would happen. You already have scored against me with our nationals teams so calm down, everything will be alright” she said.

Before you could answer Olga interrupted you. “Misa! It’s time to line up. Hurry up!”

“y/nn remember nothing will happen. Te amo mi amor”

Before she left you told her “También te amo Misa!”

At that moment you couldn’t had been more grateful to Ale as she knew that the only person who could calm you down was Misa.

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You entered the game as a sub in the 55th minute and 9 minutes later you scored, the moment the ball hit the net you felt your teammates enthusiastically jumping on you celebrating your goal however, you didn’t celebrated it and all you could see was girlfriends stressed face as the score went up to 0-3 with Barcelona winning.

As soon as the game ended went to where Misa was.

“Congratulations my love” she said softly, you could hear the pain in her voice

“I’m proud of you Misa” was all you said while you hugged her.

You guys hugged for some more minutes until Lieke got behind you and spoke in Dutch “Romeo, I’m sorry to interrupt but you were chosen for media duties”

You sighed before answering back in Dutch “I’ll be there in a minute Lieke”

After she left Misa, for the first time since the match ended, laughed “All I understood was Romeo mi vida. I see that they also have been bothering you with the Romeo and Juliet nicknames huh”

“They haven’t stopped calling me Romeo since we arrived my Juliet” you said with a fake annoyed voice

“I must leave Misa but expect me in your apartment later tonight. Jonatan knew how much this game was taking a toll on me and gave me a few days off.”

“I’ll be expecting you there mi amor!”

You started walking away towards Lieke and when you reached her you gave her a side hug and spoke in Dutch so no one else could understand “Lieke could you go out with me to buy the ring. I think it’s moment to take the next step with my Juliet”.

You knew that there were going to be more games between Real Madrid and Barcelona however, your love was stronger than the most legendary rivalry in football.

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Misa deserves so much love. She is such an amazing and my favorite goalkeeper.

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formulaa-1 · 1 year

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heyy could we have a female x Lewis Hamilton Instagram please <3

here you go!🤍..,let’s pretend carmens y/n lmao for the first pic ,it was so hard tryna find off guard pics like that

Instagram au🫂 L.H

female!reader x Lewis Hamilton

just y/n and Lewis being the perfect couple 🫶🏻

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