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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Not to me. I mean, I get why you say that, but to me it's a couple of idiot kids making bad decisions and the whole thing is full of that angst and drama we were complaining about earlier (well, I was complaining, anyway). Look, I hated the thing. I'm not even all that fond of Mark Knopfler's version of it, but if one HAS to have such a theme, his song is the better choice. And more realistic too.
I do see how it can be considered a love story or a romance, but it's not romantic, it's a tragedy.
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We must agree to differ. I strongly suspect that, in another couple of centuries, "Romeo and Juliet" will continue to be regarded as one of the great works of English literature, while Mr Knoplfler's song ... will not.