Episode 22: Romeo + Juliet

2022-03-17

Join Amy and Kate as we watch Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996). As grown women who were teens when this movie came out, we really get excited for this one. We also talk about Bruno, we continue our investigation into Hollywood teeth, how good neon + flowers + candles are as a decorating motif, and the inherent homoeroticism of pointing guns at each other in the street while screaming and also your shirts are open. Content notes: We spoil the plot of Romeo + Juliet, so there is a brief dis...

Join Amy and Kate as we watch Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996). As grown women who were teens when this movie came out, we really get excited for this one. We also talk about Bruno, we continue our investigation into Hollywood teeth, how good neon + flowers + candles are as a decorating motif, and the inherent homoeroticism of pointing guns at each other in the street while screaming and also your shirts are open.

Content notes: We spoil the plot of Romeo + Juliet, so there is a brief discussion of suicide.

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You can watch Romeo + Juliet on Disney+.

Music: Main theme by I. Mullan. ‘What’s Wrong With Amy’ theme by Anthony Earl.

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