Alyssa Rosenberg* does not find Romeo & Juliet dramatically satisfying or morally wholesome: Romeo and Juliet—a play about children—is full of terrible, deeply childish ideas about love. And as much as I want to see more interracial couples in pop culture and more diverse casts on stage and screen, I don’t want to see them cast in material that is so horribly depressing.
In which Alyssa Rosenberg scolds like it's 1562
In which Alyssa Rosenberg scolds like it's…
In which Alyssa Rosenberg scolds like it's 1562
Alyssa Rosenberg* does not find Romeo & Juliet dramatically satisfying or morally wholesome: Romeo and Juliet—a play about children—is full of terrible, deeply childish ideas about love. And as much as I want to see more interracial couples in pop culture and more diverse casts on stage and screen, I don’t want to see them cast in material that is so horribly depressing.