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Originally Posted by HarryT
R&J does not merely have "elements of romance" - the love story is the primary plot. I'm truly baffled how it could conceivably not be regarded as a romance.
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Well, I'm not sure about that. The primary plot is two kids trying to escape parental/society controls to be together. Love by some definitions is sacrificing for someone else. These two are sort of sacrificing their cushy lives (although they display such actions as to not be really in tune with what those sacrifices mean...) but they aren't exactly romantic about it. They're more drama queens and such.
So it is primarily a story of bad, tragic decisions. There's a couple of touching "longing" scenes, but it's just not very romantic to kill yourself for someone. To me.
But I do see how it could be labeled that way. I just don't happen to label it that way.