Comcast (the US cable provider) is running a new commercial for their “high speed” service that shows two actors performing the death scene from Romeo and Juliet. The gimmick is they’re in a hurry, so they rush through it. They actually seem to stick to script (I didn’t care enough to actually see how accurate they were). I think it would have been funnier if Juliet actually said “Blah blah, yadda yadda, oh happy dagger….” Not terribly funny, and I have no smart comments, I just felt obliged to acknowledge it :).
How inappropriate was that commercial. My friend’s 6 year old son saw it and said, “Mommy, why die that lady just kill herself?” Just what we need on T.V. It’s pretty bad when your kids can’t even watch a Comcast Commercial.