theblackwook: helloiamflex: I dunno, guys. Everyone goes on about how the Romeo and Juliet balcony s
theblackwook:helloiamflex:I dunno, guys.Everyone goes on about how the Romeo and Juliet balcony scene is the most romantic scene in drama but they obviously never read/saw Cyrano de Bergerac. There is SO MUCH MORE GOING ON in Cyrano’s balcony scene. EXPLANATION: So the Cyrano in this play is based on a real person and this is a crazy romanticised version of him. He’s a poet, swordsman and general polymath who’s a boss at everything and unashamed to show people that. But he has a flaw which I relate to (kind of…not really to a large extent but enough to make me cry). He feels a crippling insecurity about his massive nose (I don’t relate to the nose bit, just the general sense of undesirability). That sounds really funny and it is at first but when you realise that he’s been in love with his friend Roxanne for years it’s not so funny. He believes that Roxane could never love him because of his ugliness which, he believes, makes him unlovable. He never blames Roxane for this, or pressures her into anything, which suggests that he truly loves her and respects her. That’s so damn rare in old literature, let me tell you that right fucking now.SO ANYWAY. Roxane falls in love with this young hot dude called Christian who’s got no poetic talent whatsoever and that so happens to be what Roxane deems most important in a partner. Because she has her heart set on Christian, Cyrano agrees to write letters to her in Christian’s name to help a brother out, keep Roxane happy the only way he knows how and give himself a chance to pour out all the feelings he has for her. When Christian almost gives himself away as a witless twit, they decide to serenade her at her balcony with Christian being prompted by Cyrano. AND THE REST OF THE BALCONY SCENE MAKES ME CRY EVERY FUCKING TIME BECAUSE HE’S BEEN WAITING TO SAY ALL THIS FOR SO LONG YET HE STILL CAN’T TELL HER AND OH GOD WHY WON’T HE JUST TELL HER? FUCK. YOU FLAUNT THAT NOSE CYRANO BECAUSE YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN.*coughs* sorry about that.Anyway, here’s a link to the scene from the Gérard Depardieu film because they portray the scene really well and Depardieu is awesome in it. If you watch it and still think the R+J one is better then I respect your opinion but…nah sorry you’re wrong.BYEhttp://youtu.be/DWOosn9APvc?t=1h7m53s@missmendelsohn -- source link
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