What the flying fuck?

[desertroot]

We listen to our dark-ass Hungarian/Austrian musicals for a while and feel better than we have in a while?

What the fuck?

How does that even work?

I mean... this, it's like Shakespeare the extra-dark Mad Max Fury Road version?

And the others...

-Dylan (& others)

Comments

[desertroot]

One thing we do appreciate about them is they seem to have a really deep and subtle understanding of sexism - and how enforced masculinity can be a cage and an agony.

And the same with enforced femininity, but more thins seem to be better at exploring that.

[pyraxis]

Are you looking at the way the other guys treat Romeo? Because that struck me too - I don't remember that being a part of the original Shakespeare, but it's been a very long time.

[desertroot]

Yes! That! There is *some* of that in the original Shakespeare, Romeo is much softer than most modern masculinities will accept. But it's less of a big deal on the original because different times. This version definitely elaborates on it though!

I was also thinking of Tybalt as well, about half of his issues are bullshit with the masculinity that's pressed on him (the other half is disability and how it's treated, and then there's at least one more half - he has a lot of issues).

And then there's Mercutio and how he passes off all his guy crushes (like on Romeo) as jokes and theatre - and that might also count?