Grand Corps Malade, Romeo and Juliet, modern adaptation, suburban setting, intercommunity love, communautarisme, Shakespeare, contemporary music, social critique
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Analysis of the clip 'Romeo loves Juliette' by Grand Corps Malade, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in a contemporary suburban setting.
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[...] How does their story end? Unlike the original work of Shakespeare, the end is much less tragic. " They change the story» as Grand Corps malade says. They flee and ""and take themselves out », far from their families who do not accept their union in the name of religious pretexts. Here the end is happy, a happy end out of place in the era symbolized by this reactionary and insulting storm that threatens their love. A forbidden love. What scenery could Grand Corps Malade imagine to represent the balcony scene? [...]
[...] Why can't Romeo and Juliet love freely? The lyrics of this song highlight an impossible romance between a young boy from a Muslim family and a young girl from a Jewish family. The prejudices of the respective families, that of Romeo's family towards Juliette's and vice versa, prevent them from being able to have a free relationship. It is communautarisme, inter-community mistrust, that the singer wants to criticize. Their love, "out of the norm », outside of the mistrust, or even hatred, that religious communities can have for each other, is hindered by the authority of their parents, where such a union (between a Jew and a Muslim) is impossible. [...]
