Here’s a hot-take: Romeo and Juliet is a love story.

Shakespeare’s tragic love story is so iconic I don’t even need to say anything about it. You’ve Romeo and Juliet with New York gangs and garden gnomes. But join us to see all the details and subtext the updates miss.

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Sources:

The Oxford Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)