Yes, in fair Verona, the young Capulet aristocratic ingenue would have surely been black as the ace of spades, thick-lipped and with hair in cornrows… As bombastic as Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 production was, it had gorgeous visuals and was wonderfully romantic. I can only imagine how utterly insufferable a “woke” version of Shakespeare’s classic would be… Hollywood is DEAD!
Yes, in fair Verona, the young Capulet aristocratic ingenue would have surely been black as the ace of spades, thick-lipped and with hair in cornrows… As bombastic as Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 production was, it had gorgeous visuals and was wonderfully romantic. I can only imagine how utterly insufferable a “woke” version of Shakespeare’s classic would be… Hollywood is DEAD!