How is Romeo + Juliet Modern
How and why does Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet update the characters and themes for a modern audienceThe ball scene starts as Romeo Takes an Ecstasy tablet. When Romeo enters the actual ball he goes in with his cousins and he flashes his fake ticket at the bouncer in a very stoned way and the bouncer looks down at him as if to say " oh good another stoned person". The ball is full of sexual promiscuity with many things going on which aren't considered sexually normal such as Gloria Capulet kissing Tybalt (her nephew) in a sexual way, Fulgencio Capulet with a young girl rather than his wife and Fulgencio also shows off his pants to everyone. Mercutio dances dressed in a tiny silver top and skirt and is in drag and he dances sexually on a huge, cheap looking staircase in front of a massive painting of the virgin Mary. The Costumes people are wearing reflect the tackiness of the fancy dress ball with everyone wearing very glitzy, tacky costumes. Gloria Capulet is dressed as Cleopatra, Fulgencio is dressed as a roman god, The Capulet boys are dressed as skeletons except Tybalt who is wearing devil horns. Everyone there is dressed in this equally tacky way except for Romeo and Juliet. Juliet is dressed as an
Romeo looks as if he is going to vomit and the music gets louder and the lights start to flash very quickly. I think he has done this as he intends viewers to follow the story more by the pictures on screen more then the dialogue. Baz Luhrman had to update this film as other wise it would have appealed to the younger audience and he would have made less money from ticket sales and such like. On the other side of the fish tank is Juliet in the Female bathroom. The scene is mainly split up by match cuts going from place to place in the ball and showing many different things including the guests and the ballroom. The spotlights pick up things Luhrman wants us to notice i. Once Romeo has staggered drunkenly into the ball the screen goes hazy and you see the ball the ball through the eyes of Romeo, you can see Tybalt and Gloria Capulet kissing and there is a hazed close up of Tybalt where he roars like a lion. After Romeo spins the scene jump cuts into the bathroom and you can see Romeos face in a basin of water. This Romantic scene is then abruptly ended by the harsh voice of Juliet's nurse saying "Juliet your mother asks for you" and that is the end of the ballroom scene. angel wearing a white dress and feathered wings on her back, this is to make her look innocent and pure and Romeo who is dressed as a knight in chainmail this is to make him look strong and dominant whereas everyone else's costumes are just meaningless. The lighting is heavy in the ballroom with strobe lights, spotlights and fairy lights.
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