I remember the first time I saw Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet (or Romeo + Juliet as it was billed). I hated it. Actually, I think that’s understating my reaction. I loathed it. I was studying acting at the time, and I thought I knew a thing or two about a thing or two, and I saw it as the most contrived, inauthentic piece of garbage that had ever been filmed.
I saw it again recently and realized that my feelings had completely changed. I feel like I finally got what he was doing. And it's for that reason that I CAN’T WAIT to see Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby, based solely on the preview.
I have already fielded the choruses ...
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