she's that old?
Posted on 02/27/2009 12:24:14 PM PST by presidio9
A British school that staged a gay version of Romeo and Juliet - called Romeo and Julian - has been accused of 'mind-blowing' political correctness.
The play, which was performed by teenagers at a mixed school in east London to coincide with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) History Month, has caused a stir in parliament.
Drama teacher Jo Letson reworked Shakespeare's play to challenge 'homophobia and homophobic bullying'.
The version was praised by actor Sir Ian McKellen when he saw it last month, reports The Telegraph.
Calling for a debate on political correctness during questions on upcoming Commons business, Tory MP Philip Davies said: "This is mind-blowing.
"Anyone with an ounce of sense would want their children to be learning Romeo and Juliet rather than Romeo and Julian."
The MP for Shipley in Yorkshire added: "Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest works ever written. It is a play that every child should study.
"It is very worrying that this literary masterpiece is being used for such a politically-correct purpose."
However, Commons leader Harriet Harman rebuked him, saying: "I seem to remember that in Shakespearean times, boys would play girls and girls would play boys and the whole point was trying work out which was which.
"There is going to be a debate next Thursday about new equality legislation so we can ensure everybody in this country is treated with fairness, respect and not subject to prejudice and discrimination - and indeed cheap shots - from you."
The play was performed by students aged 14 to 16 at Leytonstone School last month.
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?
He found the two male leads especially "yummy".
I thought women weren't in the theater at all (officially).
Harriet needs to go back to school then. Yes, men dressed in drag to play women. I don’t recall women being in plays, but I could be wrong on that. There wasn’t the point of determining which was which though. What a moron.
Will there be a play “challenging” Islamofascism next?
Oh that’s right, they actually might kill you for doing that.
But the supposed hateful, and murderous Christians are the one really to be feared?
Was it video taped or filmed? It would be considered as "Child porn"................
I would see this for it’s comedic value, because I’ve a feeling that’s all it will eventually be worth. It makes me think of a skit off a comedy/variety show that might have aired in the 60s or 70s by Wayne & Shuster or something.
What’s next re-writing the bible to read Adam and Steve?
Great Britain....didn't they used to be a country or something...
Did he die from an Poison Gerbil?
“...’mind-blowing’ political correctness.”
Talk about the jokes writing themselves.
Actaully, there are several examples of women pretending to be men in Shakespeare's plays. Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, etc.
No, it was written to, once again, push the gay agenda.
Tis Julian,the sun in the East, and buggery in his West!
Up next: MacBeth, now with a love/hate M/M subplot.
“Lay on, MacDuff! and damn’d be he who first cries Hold, enough!”
Juliet: "Oh Romeo, whilst though affix thy lips to my nether root, and while away thy suicidal sores of pestilent buggery?"
For the Brits, this is worse than Broke Back Mountain was for cowboys.
Thanks, I wasn’t sure, like I said, if there were women in plays at that time. Was the point to determine which was male and which was female though?
Homosexual activists are already attempting to claim David and Johnathon were lovers and that Jesus was a homosexual. So, your comments might not be far from becoming reality.
It doesn't work. The reason being that there is no genetic motivation for the Montagues and Capulets to object to the marriage, which is the crux of the problem in "Romeo and Juliet." If Romeo and Juliet have a child, the two families have a genetic reason to stop fighting.
Gay marriage can't produce offspring so "Romeo and Ed" is a play with, literally, no plot.
“Hey la, my boyfriend’s back.”
Mark Knopfler, great song.
As long as they still both commit suicide at the end, I’m cool with it.
Lefty British politician Harriet Harman is a perfect example of what has helped bring England to it's knees. The leftist mania for alleged 'equality' and politicians like Harman pushing it as if this gender-switching drivel were somehow relevant to the nation. A nation besieged by Muslim immigrants striving to Islamize the country and impose Sharia. Meanwhile, Labor party politicians like Harman push for more and more 'rights' for those engaging in homosexual behavior. This way lies madness. What happened to the British?
England is doomed, and America is next if we keep voting for leftists. Elections have consequences. Sometimes very bad consequences, such as Harriet Harman.
Harriet’s an idiot.
Women and girls were played by young boys.
Which sometimes resulted in a boy playing a girl who was pretending to be a boy.
But there was never any doubt in the mind of the audience as to the sex of the actor.
Only those salacious Frenchies allowed women on stage. As we all know, actresses are all whores. (Actually, at the time they pretty much were.)
Come to think of it, not all that much has changed in that regard.
You are correct, and this liberal MP is an ignoramus.
Men and boys played all women's roles because women were forbidden by law from appearing on the stage.
Women were not allowed perform on public stages until 1660.
Hi. Did someone call me?
Yeah, Barack’s assistant again pretending to be Obama.
Where art thou gerbil?
Dear God..
GANDALF!!!! GANDALF IS A POOFTER????? SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!
Sometimes boy actors would play the role of girls, pretending to be boys. But, no actual girls were on stage.
Harman has probably confused her Shakespeare with British pantomime — which does feature a lot of cross-dressing (with actual female actors on stage too).
He wanted to give up the young boys but he just couldn't kick the hobbit.
Just what do gays want? I always thought gays simply wanted to hang out in their own clubs and occasionally bugger each other. Now, it seems, they are forcing their way of life on the kindhearted and unwary.
I believe the entire gay community is being exploited by the left for political advantage. If gays believed in smaller govt, lower taxes and school choice, they wouldn’t be the darlings of the MSM.
A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, “You and me, babe, how about it?”
Juliet says, “Hey, it’s Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack”
He’s underneath the window, she’s singing
“Hey, la, my boyfriend’s back
You shouldn’t come around here, singing up people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?”
Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, and you exploded in my heart
And I forget, I forget.. the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me, as if I was just another one of your deals?
Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say, “Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know
I used to have a scene with him”
Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, “I love you like the stars above, I love you till I die”
And there’s a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
I can’t do the talk, like the talk on the TV
And I can’t do a love song, like the way it’s meant to be
I can’t do everything, but I’d do anything for you
I can’t do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, and the bad company
And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of Orion
Juliet, I’d do the stars with you any time
Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, “I love you like the stars above, I’ll love you till I die”
There’s a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?
A lovestruck Romeo, he sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Find a convenient streetlight, steps out of the shade
He says something like, “You and me, babe, how about it?”
Homeo, oh Homeo! Wherefore art thou, Homeo!
P.C. go to hell!...first let me knock your teeth out...then we can talk!
You can legislate til you are blue in the face but calling a homo a homo will go on!....
“Hee I is!”
IT’S BUCKWHEAT!
Next thing ya know they’ll be changing the name of ‘The Hobbit’ movie to ‘Brokeback Baggins.’
no, it’s just not right.. say it ain’t so gandalf
I don’t think it would work, but I’ve always wondered about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...
Good one!
“England is a fag country.” —Archie Bunker
Actually I’m quite intentionally laughing at them. The same has been said in the “new” criticism about Mercutio and Romeo as well.
Between crap like this and coddling the Muhammadians I fear for the UK more and more each day.
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola...
This song from “Making Movies” seems more appropriate:
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
They’re not afraid now
Disco bar in Germany
Les boys are glad to be
Upon parade now
Les boys got leather straps
Les boys got SS caps
But they got no gun now
Get dressed up get a little risqué
Got to do a little s & m these days
It’s all in fun now
Les boys come on again
For the high class whores
And the businessmen
Who drive in their Mercedes Benz
To a disco bar in old Munchen
They get the jokes that the D.J. makes
They get nervous and they make mistakes
They’re bad for business
Some tourists take a photograph
Les boys don’t get one laugh
He says they’re useless
Late at night when they’ve gone away
Les boys dream of Jean Genet
High heel shoes and a black beret
And the posters on the wall that say
Les boys do cabaret
Les boys are glad to be gay
I think I just threw up ... internally. =)
I think I just threw up ... internally. =)
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