"I'm through with Romeo and Juliet and boy meets girl, and on to Macbeth and man kills beast." ... These being Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. ... Shakespeare was given new meaning and re-invented again with the younger generation through Romeo and Juliet, taking away the perception of Shakespeare as being a boring English class siting and reading through plays, and the idea of a musical film was re-invented in Moulin Rouge. ... This factor is highly relevant in Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet. ... This can also be applied to Romeo and Juliet in more that one w...

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Comparison of film to playwright in Romeo and Juliet The Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, was written in a time period that differs greatly from today. ... Due to the growing mental gap between the youth of today and the Shakespearean dialect, director Baz Luhrmann creates the modern day film version of Romeo and Juliet. ... The textual version of Romeo and Juliet is altered to give a new understanding to the modern world via the film version; mainly in the opening scene through use of modern scenery, language, and armory. ... When reading through the play, the reader may find it ...

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