romeo and juliet

[fox]

it's not that i ever hope to direct R&J, because it just makes me yawn. but if i ever do -- is there anything in the text that requires friar lawrence to be a father figure? couldn't he be a young guy like romeo and mercutio and the gang? is there any reason the whole mess can't be his fault because he's just not ready for the kind of responsibility he's required to handle?

Comments

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

i'd been thinking about this for a while, but it was totally the new nextel commercial that reminded me i'd been thinking of it and prompted me to post. :-)

[datlowen.livejournal.com]

The best part is the monk at the end.

"Kids!"