Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Our YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QXNiZn4c0btMe0K0piUeQ For Valentine’s Day, if you’re ever feeling inadequate as a lover, just remember that at least you and your sweetheart aren’t dead because of bad communication and being overdramatic. Ah, young love! Today we cover the most iconic love story of the last 1,000 years. Plus, Kellen is grateful Romeo and Juliet don't talk like actual teens and Dave drops a new rap song. * To buy the book, Romeo and Juliet, or l...

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, today it's Shakespeare.
0:05.9	Ever wondered why in West Side Story Tony and Maria kiss on a balcony, or why in high school
0:11.0	musical Sharpay is killed in a duel?
0:13.7	Shakespeare's iconic play, Romeo and Juliet, is a romance classic, still being copied
0:18.3	by Hollywood, especially when he aged Juliet down to 13.
0:22.8	And as a bonus, if you play this episode for your spouse, it counts as a Valentine's gift.
0:27.9	And this is The Book Pile.
0:31.1	I'm Kellett Erskin. I'm a comic, a father. And as a father who just read this in its entirety for the first time,
0:37.8	I was actually less concerned about the romanticized take on impulsive teenage decisions
0:42.8	and more troubled by the amount of jokes about male genitalia.
0:48.8	Holy cow.
0:50.1	I had no idea.
0:51.9	Is Mercutio from a Judd Apatow film?
0:56.4	Super dead.
0:58.1	And I'm David Vance.
0:59.7	If I were on the front line of Alexander the Great's Phelangus formation, I sure wouldn't
1:04.4	want to stand next to Shakespeare.
1:08.6	Kellan, did your connection cut out?
1:10.3	I didn't hear the strong laugh.
1:13.6	All right. If you want to leave us, a Valentine, you can rate and review us.
1:19.9	That's also what I do with my Valentine's.
1:24.4	How But, now they're just doing it on purpose how but says this is my absolute favorite podcast
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