Romeo & Juliet-esque

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.

   In the Romeo & Juliet-esque story, the stars fall in love despite their families owning competing pizza restaurants

   2018 May 14, Carly Stern, “A slice of déjà vu? Emma Roberts looks JUST like her aunt Julia in a new movie about rival pizza restaurants, and even wears the same SHIRT that her actress relative modeled in Mystic Pizza”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2018

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   America’s current division into Red States and Blue States is given a romantic twist in the ironic Romeo & Juliet-esue Conventioneers. Set against the 2004 Republican National Convention, it explores the complicated, bitter love affair between a Republican delegate and a Democrat protesting the RNC.

   2006 April 13, “Films”, in Statesman Journal, volume 155, number 17, Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, “2006 Salem Film Festival” section, page 3, column 5

   Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams, The Notebook […] The pair won the MTV Movie Award for best kiss for their heartfelt portrayal of a Romeo & Juliet-esque couple in this romantic drama.

   2006 June 2, Christine Clarke, Jen McDonnell, “Hey honey, let’s make movies!”, in National Post, volume 8, number 186, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page PM16, column 2

   Sharp-tongued Ros Myers (Hermione Norris) joined Section G during the fifth series. The following year, a duplicitous Government bigwig (Anna Chancellor) injected her with a lethal nerve agent but in a Romeo & Juliet-esque twist, Ros was revived at her own funeral.

   2011 October 19, Michael Hogan, “Spooks’s top 10 moments”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 48,641, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1

   I had not known of the tale of Pyramus & Thisbe, an early Romeo & Juliet-esque tale. They were forbidden to meet, but planned a tryst at the Tomb of Ninus at the mulberry tree with its snow-white fruits.

   2022 February 26, Jim Chatfield, “Plant lovers’ almanac: So much to love and learn about trees”, in Akron Beacon Journal, volume 183, number 317, Akron, Oh., →OCLC, page 2D, column 2

   By 16 her songs were on the radio, cutting through late-aughts party pop with her Romeo & Juliet-esque love stories.

   2024 November 23, Matthew Jordan, “More than music, ‘she’s a generational force of nature’: [Taylor] Swift experts discuss what makes the superstar more than just a singer”, in Saturday Star, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page OP2, column 3