# Rewriting Romeo & Juliet. What two conflicting groups do the star crossed lovers come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996 "2019-11-04T17:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/41 "2019-11-06T00:53:22Z")
Windows laptop vs. MAC laptop This is a real battle in my house. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/42 "2019-11-06T02:08:50Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Skeptics and conspiracy theorists > > There could be several versions of this. With different endings. But of course only some endings are made public. The others you need to figure out from the secret clues that were put in the fake versions to find the real version. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/43 "2019-11-06T08:24:15Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Juggalos and Maggots (Slipknot fans.) An old friend was a school psychologist in Arizona and reports there is real beef between the two. > > Don’t forget: Romeo and Juliet are teenagers. Wherefore art thou up in this bitch? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/44 "2019-11-06T08:27:46Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > How about [tabs versus spaces](https://thenewstack.io/spaces-vs-tabs-a-20-year-debate-and-now-this-what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-go/)? There is NO more hotly contested topic! vi vs Emacs ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/45 "2019-11-06T09:20:52Z")
Romeo is a butch lesbian and Juliet is a bi-curious heiress, to her family’s consternation. I see Cara Delivigne and Kristen Stewart in the lead roles. Not sure which is which. ---
**Author:** ![BlueInfinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BlueInfinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueInfinity)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/46 "2019-11-06T09:43:28Z")
For sheer absurdity, the “one space before a new sentence” people versus the “two spaces before a new sentence” people. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/47 "2019-11-06T11:31:56Z")
> [@BlueInfinity](#): > > For sheer absurdity, the “one space before a new sentence” people versus the “two spaces before a new sentence” people. Even worse, indent (or two spaces, if the media doesn’t allow for indenting) the beginning of a paragraph vs. why the fuck would you put extra spaces there. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/48 "2019-11-06T17:32:01Z")
> [@BlueInfinity](#): > > For sheer absurdity, the “one space before a new sentence” people versus the “two spaces before a new sentence” people. > [@Nava](#): > > Even worse, indent (or two spaces, if the media doesn’t allow for indenting) the beginning of a paragraph vs. why the fuck would you put extra spaces there. [4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence](https://www.theonion.com/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago-manu-1819574341) > [@](#): > > Officials also stated that an innocent 35-year-old passerby who found himself caught up in a long-winded dispute over use of the serial, or Oxford, comma had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. I can relate.😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/49 "2019-11-06T17:43:49Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > vi vs Emacs Jesus Christ, dude. We’re just kidding around here. There’s no need to go _there_. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/50 "2019-11-06T18:08:07Z")
The movie “R” is about a teenaged zombie who is slowly coming out of his zombiehood, and Julie, the daughter of the commander of a barricaded city fending off zombies. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/51 "2019-11-06T20:18:06Z")
Red Sox fans vs. Yankees fans; Cubs fans v. White Sox fans. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/52 "2019-11-06T20:47:15Z")
I actually had to do this in groups in high school and then act it out. My group did East Coast vs. West Coast rappers. This was around 1994, so it was before Tupac was murdered. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/53 "2019-11-06T21:40:40Z")
I’m not really sure what groups to pick, but I think the story could be vastly improved in a rewrite by adding a giant, rampaging land squid. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/54 "2019-11-06T22:00:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The movie “R” is about a teenaged zombie who is slowly coming out of his zombiehood, and Julie, the daughter of the commander of a barricaded city fending off zombies. The movie is called “Warm Bodies.” R is the main character’s name. Which until I read a recent AVClub article, the obvious parallels completely flew over my head. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/55 "2019-11-07T23:00:49Z")
Pedestrians vs Motorists. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996/56 "2019-11-08T02:58:21Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Farmers and cowmen > > Oh, wait. That version was called Oklahoma! Cowboys and sheep-herders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-romeo-juliet-what-two-conflicting-groups-do-the-star-crossed-lovers-come-from/842996.md?page=2)