![]() Historically there have also been Irish American gangs in the United States, which the Montagues are undoubtedly, given their pack mentality, guns, raunchy behavior, and feud with the Capulets.Ĭomparatively, the Capulets are generally portrayed as Latin, given their physical appearance (dark hair, dark eyes, olive/tan skin), accents (Tybalt is portrayed by Colombian American actor John Leguizamo), and like the Montagues, heavy Catholic influence (the major religion in Latin America and Spain). It is possible that Luhrmann portrayed the Montagues as Irish American, given the characters’ fair skin and hair and light-colored eyes and Catholic religious iconography (many of the characters wear crosses, Romeo has a close relationship with priest Friar Lawrence). The Montague clan is completely white, as established by characters Benvolio, Sampson, and Gregory, and further supported by Romeo and his father, Ted Montague. Unlike in Shakespeare’s play where all of the characters are assumed to be white Italians (and were most likely portrayed by white Englishmen during his time), Luhrmann starts the film by deepening the difference between the Montague and Capulet families by making them different ethnic backgrounds. Radel claims that Luhrmann uses race to highlight modern society and its racism, and I find that this statement is partially true. Luhrmann’s film not does interpret Shakespeare in a traditional way, representing his play’s historic difference from modern concerns instead, it focuses on seemingly anachronistic, moder social fantasises about race amd sex, interpreting the famous ‘star-crossed’ lovers within the social and sexual divisions of our own society (17). Scholar Nicholas Radel discusses Luhrmann’s choices in his essay “The Ethiop’s Ear: Race, Sexuality, and Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet,” writing, This blog post will focus on race, and how it simultaneously adds to and takes away from the the plague on both the Capulet and Montague houses. “I guess we’ll have to wait longer.Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet diverges more from the play on which it is based than just its modern setting- Luhrmann made conscious decisions to insert racial and sexual differences to emphasize certain aspects of the story’s significance. (Gresen argued that would reset the statute of limitations.) “We waited going on 55 years for justice,” Hussey and Whiting said in a joint statement. He said that he doesn’t believe there is any constitutional protection for nude images of minor children in film, and wants to file a new complaint in California federal court based on a 4K restoration of the movie released in February 2023. Hussey and Whiting’s lawyer, Solomon Gresen, reportedly plans to appeal. Mackenzie’s tentative ruling states that the scene in question isn’t “sufficiently sexually suggestive” enough to be deemed illegal, and that Paramount’s distribution is protected under the First Amendment. Hussey and Whiting say they have continued to experience mental and physical distress over the incident. The $500 million lawsuit also alleges that some of the nudity in the final cut was filmed without their knowledge or consent. The pair accused late director Franco Zeffirelli of pressuring them to perform nude in the 1968 movie Romeo and Juliet - Whiting’s buttocks and Hussey’s bare breasts are shown - despite initial assurances that the underage teenagers could wear flesh-colored garments. Los Angeles Superior Court judge Alison Mackenzie said on Thursday that she willĭismiss Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting’s lawsuit against Paramount for allegedly sexually exploiting and distributing nude images of minors, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ![]() Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
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