Randomness 2 - Page 281

Swordfish941 · #**2801** 05-04-2011, 06:06 PM

We're reading Romeo & Juliet in English class and I get to be Tybalt!

Spartan198 · #**2802** 05-04-2011, 06:39 PM

I would have figured you'd go for the role of Juliette...

S&Wshooter · #**2803** 05-04-2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Swordfish941

We're reading Romeo & Juliet in English class and I get to be Tybalt!

I hated reading that. I had to read for the guy who was pretty much the chief of police (I can't remember his name)

k9870 · #**2804** 05-04-2011, 06:50 PM

Horrible story. Hated reading that, and watching the newer one tahts modern day and stuff.

BurtReynoldsMoustache · #**2805** 05-04-2011, 06:55 PM

I'm not gonna say that Shakespeare is overrated (because he's not), but all of his characters are absolutely godawful human beings.

Swordfish941 · #**2806** 05-04-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

I hated reading that. I had to read for the guy who was pretty much the chief of police (I can't remember his name)

His name was The First Watch of Verona.

k9870 · #**2807** 05-04-2011, 07:05 PM

Many "classic" characters suck. In 1984, i wanted winston to die. In the catcher in the rye, i wanted to slap the whiny kid in the face and could care less about his character.

Swordfish941 · #**2808** 05-04-2011, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

Many "classic" characters suck. In 1984, i wanted winston to die. In the catcher in the rye, i wanted to slap the whiny kid in the face and could care less about his character.

When I watched The Social Network, I wanted to kick Mark Zuckerberg in the balls because he's an asshole (Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara agree with me).

Swordfish941 · #**2809** 05-04-2011, 08:41 PM

I have a feeling Smithy will like this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed1Ucnvn08s

Gunmaster45 · #**2810** 05-04-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by k9870

Horrible story. Hated reading that, and watching the newer one tahts modern day and stuff.

I liked the modern version. It made the story easier to follow, even while using the original language. I mean, they incoportated guns, cars, police, everything, and it still made sense with the old language. I thought that was impressive. Plus it was stylish and made a story that is frankly very boring and sad somewhat enjoyable and conveyed the tradgety much better IMO.

Speaking of R & J in English class, when I had to read it in 7th grade, we had to act out scenes for the class. I got to play Romeo for the sword fight with Tybalt. I tried to teach the kid I was fighting how to stylishly fence to look authentic, but we were in 7th grade and he was a dick, so basically I just beat the crap out of him with the plastic sword for the scene. 'Twas fun.