Pop Musical, & Juliet, Gives A Happy Ending to A Traditionally Tragic Tale
Austin Price, Editor in Chief
The Shakespeare classic, Romeo & Juliet, has long been heralded as a great love story. It spins a tale of star-crossed lovers, separated by the complicated politics of their families. As we all know, this angsty teen drama ends in the death of both lovers, showing an end to a youthful obsession with the idea of true love. Shakespeare often gave his protagonists a martyr like mentality, making his heroes the saviors of the stories, even when no one needed to be saved. Romeo & Juliet is a prime example of this narcissistic narrative, as both characters are crowned with an idea of selflessness, each willing to give their life for the other, and each willing to receive death with open arms. Despite this traditionally tragic tale of excessive commitment and complex hormones, Max Martin and Tim Headington brought reality to the classic story, accompanied by an iconic soundtrack, and embracing the diversity of “true love”.
Netflix Series, Cobra Kai, Shows the Power of Friendship
Schuyler Kropp, Staff Writer
The show Cobra Kai is based off of the events in the movie The Karate Kid. It was made in 2018 by Josh Heald, John Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg in hopes for the Karate Kid saga to live on. The show begins thirty four years after Karate Kid. The dojo name “Cobra Kai” is taken from The Karate Kid, and there are many returning faces including John Kreese, Paul Dugan, and Terrance Silver. This show explores many different forms of relationships and how they can teach us to be better people.
Broken Glass
Carver Lawson, Special Projects Manager
I’ve realized recently that I rely on my sense of sight too much.
I’m so fascinated by the image in front of me that I don’t notice my posture is craning my neck,
and I don’t feel how my body is knotting up from spending all day analyzing the feedback from my eyes,
and I don’t feel the emptiness in my stomach and the headache from my hunger,
and I couldn’t sense how my spirit was dead and dry because my fixation was futile,
and it all didn’t even occur to me until I felt every sensation hit me in one go.
The Storyteller
Austin Price, Editor in Chief
There was a great storyteller
Who told tales of you and me
The sweet songbird of literature
Who relied on his ABC’s
Rain on the Roof
Austin Price, Editor in Chief
The rain patters on the tin roof
Split, splatter, split, splatter
Continuous pounding of cool water
Onto old, rickety metal