groove is in the heart

[mimesere]

you know who I hate more than anyone else in Romeo and Juliet?

I fucking hate Friar Laurence, the shady, shady dickweed. I hate him more than I hate the emo manpainy asshattery that is Romeo. Even the outrageously awesome scenery chewing that is Pete Postelthwaite's Laurence cannot make up for the fact that he's a hubristic ass who should be beaten to death with his own crapulence.

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[aynatonal.livejournal.com]

When I was doing R&J in college, our Friar Laurence confessed at the first read-through that he *hated* his character and that every time he thought about how if Friar Laurence had managed *one* sensible moment in the whole play, the whole thing would have come out better, he felt like beating his head against the table. Which caused all of us (including the director) to take up, "Let the head beating begin!" as our rallying cry for the rest of the production.

Or, to put it another way, word.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*snerk* It's so true, though! If he had exhibited any sense whatsoever, everything would have worked out fine. Like, get the kids married and then be all, "Yo, Prince, I have gotten them married! Instant end to the fighting, woo woo!" But then it would be a comedy.