But when he professes his undying love, she balks at returning the sentiment. Rosaline Capulet’s tale opens with her passionately dating Romeo Montague (Kyle Allen) on the sly. Set in Verona, Italy, the title character is the sole daughter of a busy, wealthy merchant (Bradley Whitford) and, as such, is mostly mothered by her acerbic but loving nurse, Janet (Minnie Driver). As Rosaline, she makes it look effortless to honor and satirize both Shakespeare and rom-com genre tropes.īased on the concept of Rebecca Serle’s YA book “When You Were Mine,” which remixed Romeo & Juliet with contemporary teens in California, Rosaline actually turns back the clock to go full period piece in the 16th century. Rosaline definitely checks those boxes with the incredibly versatile Kaitlyn Dever proving there’s no genre she can’t conquer with her prodigious talents.
Often cringy in the wrong hands, success very much hinges on how well the lead pulls it off and if the overall tone of the piece has a point of view that firmly embraces the tongue-in-cheek. Intentionally anachronistic approaches to period pieces are having a bit of a moment in 2022, what with Persuasion, Catherine, Called Birdy, and The Princess.
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