Posted on 05/23/2010 11:12:45 AM PDT by Cardhu
Inspired by the love story Romeo and Juliet, people actually write to 'Juliet', asking for advice on their love lives. The letters have now inspired a Hollywood film. Duncan Kennedy went to Verona to see how the Italian city responds to these pleas for help.
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Advice from a suicide? Grazie, no.
Many years later they married and are now together.
BEFORE AND AFTER
Leaving aside that she is a fictional character, how old are the *people* who are writing to a 13-year-old for advice on their love lives? Seriously??
And old-fashioned romance. Funny how few of these there are in the last few years.
Following in the footsteps of Ann Landers and Dear Abby?
“Leaving aside that she is a fictional character, how old are the *people* who are writing to a 13-year-old for advice on their love lives?”
More accurately, a DEAD 13-year-old who—even if she hadn’t committed suicide (AND weren’t fictional)—would nevertheless have died hundreds of years ago. I’m baffled how people intelligent enough to know where Juliet “lived” (and hence where to write) nevertheless have managed to overlook these tedious details that render their letter-writing efforts totally nonsensical.
My bet would be that a sizable fraction of these delusional people voted for Obama (and may well even write him for relationship advice).
“Don’t try suicide. It never turns out well.”
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