Today, groups completed their remediation videos of Romeo and Juliet (the legendary play by Shakespeare). Is it even fair to still refer to Romeo and Juliet simply as a play by Shakespeare? I'm not sure. Perhaps it is better, as we discussed today, to consider this epic love story/tragedy to be a part of the collective consciousness. These two characters have come to represent a common meaning that is so widespread it no longer requires knowledge of the actual details in the narrative. It now universally represents eternal love, a force that is so strong it cannot be stopped. However, there seemed to be a general consensus among the institution participants, that the story is pretty freaking crazy and as such lends itself pretty easily to remediation (as evidenced by the many reinterpretations it has undergone in society). I found the videos to be extremely creative and was interested in further understanding the processes of how each group made particular decision based on the original story, popular notions of they play they were previously exposed to and their own creative freedoms.
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