Episode 94 - Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Never was there a tale of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia - as we review arguably the most popular Shakespeare adaptation of all time in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.  We're all applying to be co-writers in our 94th episode as we discuss:

• Our feelings towards Romeo and Juliet as a play
• How easy it is to get a co-writing credit
• How do each of us feel about Luhrmann's hyperreal style of filmmaking
• If this is anyone's favourite Luhrmann film?
• We all lose our minds trying to say the name of a specific actor
• Ian goes mega-English-teacher on this one
• We try and discuss the difference between fate and free will
• Which actor steals a key scene by not saying a word
• Just how far does Georgia's face blindness go
• Ian proposes contextual reasons to justify Lord Capulet's freakout in the 2nd act of the film
• Whether or not Beetlejuice is the Best Film Ever.

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  15:00 - Shoutouts
  28:50 - Deep Dive
  2:14:45 - Endgame