MB 27: Romeo & Juliet For Dummies

I’m Larnold Jernigan. Senior. Senior. And I’m R.R. Got a frog in your throat, huh? And I’m R.R. Barefoot. There you go. This is English (at summer school). Come on! Stand on up here, we gotta do a proper intro. Now, you gotta be real careful once you start learning about the stories of Shakespeare, specifically Romeo and Juliet. When I was in high school, let me tell you right now, I memorized a small, very small passage from this. Did you? I had a girl coming after me like a feral cat. That was the definition of someone being in heat. What would you remember from high school? Well, I think it went a little something like this. Where art thou loins come hither and smell the fruits of my large intestine. Pull my finger! Why are you give me the knuckle? Well. that’s how you pull it. You gotta catch it first. You wanna put on a costume? I do. Yeah, I do. What’s this? That’s uh… Right there? It covers you… Let go of it! And then bend over. There you go. There it is. I had to wear one of these when that girl started coming after me. Pull my finger! Alright, let’s go! Up to ears… Good lord! What? You get into the pimento cheese again? That’s where it went. I’m sorry! I like to get that first spoonful, and then I put the top back on. Let me tell you, Jack. I came back and the whole thing’s gone. I ate the whole rest of the pimento cheese. Well, it shows. It feels good… let that out. Okay. It’s kinda like if you’ve been holding a secret. You ever not told somebody something for many year? You oughta keep your secrets to yourself. Your eyes are watering. You gotta hold your secrets a little tighter if you know what I’m saying. Alright, here we go. Good god. We’re on page 95. Come! We burn daylight, ho! It says it right there, “ho”. Well, they talked dirty back then. I tell you that’s why… that’s why it worked so well. Nay, that’s not so. I mean, sit! I think you just seemed like Rusty that whole time. Have you heard recordings of Romeo speaking? Well, of course I have some of the very first recordings are of Romeo. I believe Edison captured them. And what did he sound like? And we mean well in going to this mess. Pull my finger! That was a test, and you failed. You’re stupid. We don’t need this. We can do this from memory. And if I remember correctly, Juliet takes out her sword. And tries to swallow it. I can make this look realistic. And sometimes, when you get your sword down inside you like this. Hold on, you gotta cover that part. There you go! Say “whoop”! Oh my goodness! Lay down on the table! Juliet! It appears that my love, Juliet, has swallowed a sword completely. I’m a have to pull the sword out. Alright, when I count to 4, you push. 1, 2, 3, 4! Oh my goodness! With that sword that passed through my body, has my DNA on it, you will do great things, young man. Juliet… What? … has died. And left me to rule the Seven Kingdoms. But I just cannot do it. I’m a have to swallow this sword as well. Hold up, line up with my knee! Oh! Oh! I’m dead! Am I out of frame? Nah, I still see your face. I’m… Drop your face! Romeo has died. Drop your face! Romeo has died. Drop your face a little bit more! Now Juliet, wake up! You didn’t really… you faked it, remember? Hold on! There we go! You faked it. Shh, shh, shh. Wake up, Juliet! Hold on, quit giving me instruction. Don’t you remember how it goes? Yeah, but you gotta fully die. I’m fully dead. Okay! Oh my goodness! I just passed a sword through my entire intestinal tract for nothing. The end! Help me up! This is English. You’re gonna have… I can’t just drag you… You’re gonna have… Now let me get on… Come on! It’s an impasse. I’m gonna have to get up on my own. That’s not going… that’s not going to work. Alright! Alright! This has been English!

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