Saturday, April 26, 2008

"And I want mine in skinny jeans!"

I was reading Princess Diaries' part 4 yesterday, and I would be embarrassed admitting to that but actually those books are quite interesting- even if they are kind of unrealistic seeing how it's totally impossible to write 6 pages coherently while in an eatery's bathroom stall or, especially, in a car, in the time period Mia completes them in.
Anyways, in this one there were these multiple mentions of wanting a 'Romeo in cargo pants' or loving a 'Romeo in black jeans' and that just got me thinking- why on earth do you care what pants your Romeo wears?
And more importantly, why do you even want a Romeo?

If I have it right, Romeo was an idiot. Not only did he break into the house of his family's mortal enemies but he also stood there calling out to Juliet. How stupid is that? He could have gotten shot! Or stabbed, because I guess they didn't have guns back then.
And if that's not all, he also took poison because he thought Juliet had died. Didn't it ever occur to him to check her pulse before he killed himself? Maybe Juliet just liked to sleep in tombs. Maybe Juliet was a Goth. YOU DON'T KILL YOURSELF IF YOU AREN'T SURE THAT THE PERSON YOU'RE DYING FOR IS EVEN ACTUALLY DEAD.

Not to say that Juliet was any bit smart, the way she stabbed herself for a guy. Sure, she loved him, but have some self-respect, woman! And you can't even defend them by saying 'Oh they were only 14/15!'. I'm 15, and I wouldn't go drinking poison or driving daggers into my heart.

Also, did you know that there is actually a group of people in Verona, Italy (the place after which the city where Romeo and Juliet's story is set is named) who answer these like thousands of letters from around the world every year addressed to Juliet from people who're having love troubles? Yeah, seriously.
I guess the senders of those letters don't realise that when you're asking a fictional character who committed suicide for help with your love life, maybe love isn't your only problem.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

just letting you know, there's a place in Verona (the house that Romeo and Juliet was inspired by, I'm guessing) where all these couples write on the walls and hope for a love just like Romeo and Juliet's...


I'm not sure if they know how the story ended though.

Aziza said...

Wow, that was quick! I just posted this five minutes ago!

I don't think anyone ever got to the end of that story...

Naveed said...

I've never read it lol... did you know Romeo was actually a homosexual?

Anonymous said...

Yaar, stomach hurting due to eating over.

Anonymous said...

Juliet was a guy?!

No wonder he/she made such gay comments.

Anonymous said...

Romeo witnessed Juliets funeral... thats why we killed himself... plus if someones lieing in a tomb I don't think you would particularly want to check for their pulse =P

Aziza said...

He didn't witness her funeral! He got there and just saw her asleep on a tomb. I'm supposing if she had a funeral that happened a few days before Romeo got there.

This is what happens when you break the rules and bunk your exile.

If only there were Goth.

Anonymous said...

Aziza stop acting stupid and post something new already.

Juliet was a demented psychopath.
Romeo was gay with Othello. Yay.

Anonymous said...

Okay his messenger told him that Juliet was dead... hence when he saw her on a tomb he didn't go and check her pulse...

Naveed said...

Why're we debating over why Romea was a stupid retard? He just was. Go with it.