Bong

he still laughs like that.

It's not canon, they're not the center of attention in the original play.. except they very much are.

R&J is a tragedy about hatred. And what screams tragedy more than two kids hating each other for no reason but family feud they're not even directly part of, until it kills them both.

The story of Romeo & Juliet is as much about Tybalt and Mercutio as it is about Romeo & Juliet. And yeah, you can squint and see queer undertones to it, and you can not, both work and both reach the same conclusion. Hatred killed the youth of Verona.

Tom and John did a perfect portrayal of that. They have incredible dynamic and managed to capture and represent the idea better than any adaptation that used those two complicated characters as probs to get to the main event. THEY ARE THE MAIN EVENT.

Original: It's you and me and me and you, the loudest become the strong Reprised: It's you or me or me or you, the loudest become the strong

Original: It's a charted course at the whim of our own evolution! Reprised: It's a charted course at the edge of our own evolution!

Special mention to Jeff's growl at the end of the last chorus on "Yeah, we're great again". And the fact that he's really pissed off this time. Unlike the first time, he's not smiling, he's not bouncing around the stage--he's angry. The choreography is sharper, fiercer, and Jeff moves almost like he's stabbing the air and like he wants to let his footfalls become heavy with frustration. And the way he/MacNamara whips around that gun at the end like a madman? Yeah.