Author stuff: This was originally posted on Ao3 back in July for Jlaire week earlier this year. I'll be posting the rest of the collection, as well as some others I've written, within the next couple of days or so. So, keep an eye out.
On that note, these were mostly written while watching MythBusters. Because what better way to write something then with people trying to blow things up with science? No, I'm serious. Like, it's super inspiring to watch people blow things up.
On to this prompt. My sister hates West Side Story – so do I for that matter – but I know a ton of people who enjoy it, so this is for them. May Shakespeare's influence on musicals never end.
Jlaire Week, Day 1 - Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Musicals
"So, wait," Jim said, "what is this movie?"
"West Side Story," Claire said, holding up the case for him to see. He swiped it from her. "It's inspired by Romeo and Juliet."
Jim squinted at the back of the blu-ray case, eyes scanning over the synopsis as the frown grew on his face.
"This says it's a musical."
"Well, there are some theories out there that a lot of Shakespeare's plays were more like modern musicals. So this might be fairly close to how Romeo and Juliet might have been performed."
"That's…" He didn't know what to say, so the first words he could think of spilled out. And they were horrible. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I mean, they're plays. Not musicals. Wouldn't they have been called, uh, operas or something?"
"They were low-brow entertainment, for the poor. Come on, you'll like it." She tugged the case out of his hands and slipped the disc into the player. She pushed him back into the couch on the way back, sitting down next to him and snuggling into his side. "If you don't like it, we can watch Kiss Me, Kate."
"...Is that another musical?"
"Maybe."
"Based on The Taming of the Shrew."
"Great. Great. Just… Just great."
This was going to make for a terrible movie night.