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Comment on ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Play Starring Tom Holland and Francesca Amewaduh-Rivers Faces ‘Barrage of Racial Abuse,’ Producer Says ‘This Must Stop’

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Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

And let’s be honest, any intelligent marketing person would use even a single comment to try and get attention for their, ahem, difficult-to-market play

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The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t understand how this play could possibly be hard to market, it’s possibly the most famous English stage play with very famous people. What am I missing here?

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- Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s shakespeare. It’s boring, the younger crowd aren’t interested any more
  
  Or were you hoping I’d say something racist? 😂
  
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  - The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, more like I worry that was your implication, it was hard to read it any other way.
    
    I’m sure the younger crowd are just as interested in a play from 1597 as you were in the 1900s, and doubly so in Tom Holland. Seems like the tickets would sell themselves
    
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    Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    Seems like the tickets would sell themselves
    
    Holds out Yorick’s skull
    
    Remains to be seen
    
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