5/26/2023 0 Comments Still star crossed book ending![]() ![]() It’s a pity, because this show seriously had potential. You don’t need to bring me to tears every episode or elicit a belly laugh from me every other line – but we expect something! I know that may be asking too much of a soapy TV show, but the most basic ask of good entertainment is to make the audience care. Their plight grabs you by the heart and is designed to make you feel deeply – group catharsis, as Aristotle said when discussing theater. This show doesn’t do that. Yes, it’s high drama, but where are the stakes? Where is the emotion? Shakespeare wrote for the stage, so the characters and plot lines would be a little over-the-top, but what’s made them last is that, despite theatrics, they feel real. Personally, I think Shakespeare would be disappointed at what his work’s been made of in this show. From what I can tell, the creative team was planning on more, but ABC decided to give it a limited release, so we end up with a seven-episode season. ![]() And so, after seven episodes, thus ends STILL STAR-CROSSED. ![]()
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