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...fact that it was ever so. Faithlessness was hardly patented by Cressida, and even in Shakespeare's day, the theaters were full of Roman numerals. Sequels follow sequels. Romeo, let us not forget, was a heartstrong adolescent unable to imagine any girl save Rosaline -- until he set eyes on Juliet; and Juliet was a 13-year-old upstart who roundly abused both her murdering Romeo and her devoted nurse. Shakespeare himself addresses some of his most heartfelt statements of love to a beautiful young man, and to a mysterious "dark lady" who was not his wife...
Technology, too, serves to make our liaisons more dangerous. Rob Lowe was apparently uncovered by a videotape, common-law suitors are often betrayed by photographs, and, in response to all this, more and more people choose to interface, date or even make love over the phone. If a modern Juliet were to try to reach her lover before feigning her own death, she might well hear, "Hi! This is Romeo! Nobody's here right...
...this is not to suggest that caution is a bad thing: Romeo and Juliet died prematurely, after all. Romance has always included some degree of calculation. Indeed, the very notion of true love, according to many scholars, is a relatively recent invention; in most places, in most times, marriage has been a practical arrangement. Those who scoff at matrimonial ads in Indian papers may have few qualms about placing SWM notices in their local tabloids; a blind date is only an arranged marriage in potentia. If disease and collision liability have put a crimp in promiscuity, that...
...Sprints when we all were nervous about being number one and having every other crew out to beat us, Liz and J.T. [Captain Juliet Thompson] said, 'Why don't you two walk around together and scare people, let them know that this is what they'll have to row against?'" Betsy says. "The intimidation works, and it's cool...
...talking to someone who used to be a male stripper," he says. "It was all show business, and it's probably helped with my presentation." Just so no one gets too comfy with what to expect of Gift, he has signed up to do a production of Romeo and Juliet later this year in the north of England, and is reading the script for a part in a Sylvester Stallone movie. "I've been asked," Gift reports, "to play one of his muscles." He smiles. Sure, he'll give it a go. And maybe be good at it too. There...