Ok, so this will I expect be a lighter thread than some others. I am looking for some feedback/discussion on what are very much impressions rather than anything more thought out.
I went to see this the other day with a friend that just loves it. It was billed to me as a sort of feminist rewrite of Romeo and Juliet.
Now - I was not in the least expecting anything very serious, I figured it would be lighthearted and as silly as your average boy-band concert. I I kind of expected there would be assumptions around modern moral positions.
But I was very surprised that it seemed to me, at first blush, to actually be less sympathetic and understanding of the female roles than the actual play by Shakespeare - the Juliet role seemed less real, hollowed out, and in some sense less feminist. And while I think really it is Ann's story more than Juliet's, that story didn't seem all that interesting either, and I kept finding her character a little annoying. Shakespeare himself seemed to be rethought as a sort of moron.
Am I missing something?