A production of Romeo and Juliet for non-binary performers, with Juliet reimagined as a persecuted Jew and Romeo as a member of Hitler Youth, has become embroiled in a row over its failure to include Jewish people in a casting call Tweet added by The Telegraph @Telegraph

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A production of Romeo and Juliet for non-binary performers, with Juliet reimagined as a persecuted Jew and Romeo as a member of Hitler Youth, has become embroiled in a row over its failure to include Jewish people in a casting call

'Non-binary' Romeo and Juliet set in Nazi Germany apologises for omitting Jews from casting call

The Icarus Theatre production shows the hero as being a member of the Hitler Youth

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Amy Salieri

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@Telegraph Once again I need to remind people that "enemies to lovers" as illustrated by Romeo and Juliet DOES NOT APPLY to oppresser/oppressed relationship. Casting aside, who even thought this premice was a good idea???

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irmgard

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@Telegraph Okay, this is funny.

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Steely Wheeler 🏁 🐊

@SteelyWheelr

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@Telegraph So many levels of why

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ᴍʏ ᴡɪʟʟᴏᴡ ᴍᴇᴍᴇꜱ🇺🇲

@MyWillowMemes

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@Telegraph plot twist: Mercutio is incinerated by a space laser

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Sandals 🦅

@13Sandals

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@Telegraph That’s what worrying people. Not enough Jewish actors showed up to casting. 😑

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Juno Who

@Junowhotoo

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@Telegraph Make it stop. Reopen the asylums.

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Skeletor 🧼🧽🫧

@TheMuppetPastor

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@Telegraph Circular firing squad

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Washingtons ghost

@hartgoat

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@Telegraph 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Scrub Jay

@DystopiaEsq

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@Telegraph Um, in their casting calls was it like “no Jews”? Pretty sure Jews could show up like anybody else.

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Scrub Jay

@DystopiaEsq

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@Telegraph “Springtime for Hitler”

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Robert Bruce Willsie

@bobw222

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@Telegraph Oh the irony...

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Lewis

@ctjlewis

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@Telegraph britain having a normal one

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Rachel Kaplan 🪬🐺

@RachelMiniK

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@Telegraph I think there are many many many layers of failures here and that’s just one of them - I mean good lordy who thought this up and was like “hey this is a great idea yes let’s do it!”??

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Frank L. DeSilva

@desilva_frank

2 years

@Telegraph The telegraph, loves to promote Western appropriation.

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Bob Loblaw

@LoblawBobLaw

2 years

@Telegraph how can you be non-binary? The world is 1's and 0's

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PATRYK

@__cski

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@Telegraph Holy fuck, they’re hitting all the checkmarks. 😂

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@Telegraph

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la scapigliata

@lascapigliata8

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@Telegraph @lotionorhose Privileged people drunk on virtue signalling fail to include, represent or meaningfully help the groups they are virtue signalling about for woke points, number 7667920.

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Nichol D. A writer w/MDD who doesn't always write.

@Nichol_DeCastra

2 years

@Telegraph Could we not make Nazis romantic heroes even in tragedies. Like they don’t deserve that right. Especially not with someone they persecuted.

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Ross T-McD

@RossTMcD

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@Telegraph Um. The thing about R&J is that "two households, both alike in dignity" premise. It presumes that Romeo and Juliet come from opposed but fundamentally similar camps. "Jewish person" and "literal Nazi" are not that.

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