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| Trivia, Goofs, and Things to Know |
| In the original play the Capulets bite their thumbs at the Montagues. Diane Venora plays Gloria Capulet as Blanche Dubois. |
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| Romeo + Juliet |
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| If Juliet had shot her head in real life, the bullet would not have gone in so cleanly; it would have blown a significant portion of her head away. The costumes at the Capulet ball reflect the personalities of the characters: Juliet is an angel, Romeo is a knight, Tybalt is the devil, Dave Paris is an astronaut, Lady Capulet is Cleopatra. |
| 10 Things I Hate About You |
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| 10 Things I Hate About You sounds like The Taming of the Shrew. Kat's sonnet is not a sonnet at all. Allison Janney's school counselor calls Patrick 'Kangaroo Boy.' She also teases him about the size of his "bratwurst." |
| Hamlet |
| Sam Shepard plays Ethan Hawke's father in Snow Falling on Cedars as well as in Hamlet. Diane Venora played Ophelia in a Kevin Kline version of Hamlet 10 years before she played Queen Gertrude. Julia Stiles wraps up her gum before throwing it away before one of her soliloquys. |
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