I remember seeing references to this version of the story while reading the original as a junior, and finding it hard to believe it was "modern" because every image from the movie in our books seemed to consist solely of Romeo in chainmail or Juliet in a dress with wings.
Mercutio's dancing is an allusion to Priscilla Queen of the Desert, an Australian film. I guess Baz mighta thought of it when he decided to put this into the film xD
Romeo thinking: "Oh you'll be fine Romeo! This is all cut up with shit - it's weak Romeo! Go ahead and have a fat line, you'll be loving it Romeo!... Yeah, real weak! Fucking stitching assholes!........I need a drink, a fucking huge drink!"
I think this is what happens if the actors in a shakespeare play or the audience started dropping acid or something. So the lesson of the day is, don't do drugs, m'kay
@wishinandhopin14 my english teacher made us watch both, and i personally liked this one better. because of the modern day setting, its easier to relate to and understand what they're saying :) also mercutio is amazing
Every time I watch this scene(my fave by the way) I crack up at 0:14 when Samson(Jamie Kennedy) is wiggling his tongue and there's a wobbling effect when he does it. It makes me laugh!
This whole scene was just epic. Mercutio dressed in a drag and dancing to feminine music, Tybalt ACTUALLY roaring like a lion, Romeo spazzing out, and Mr. Capulet singing the soprano while looking gay as shit. LOL, I LOVE IT! It's like one massive acid trip XDXDXDXD!!!
I wanna know the lyrics to the song that Mercutio was singing so does anybody know the song name?
TheBK1st 11 hours ago
Haha! Best part of the movie. I'm just baffled that they chose that really ugly Juliet actor to go with Leonardo di caprio though.
MSeverwonder 1 week ago 2
a black mercutio dancing in a shiny pink bra. love it! this is my favourite version of romeo and juliet.:3
BFFband100 1 week ago
This movie is so good not even Claire Danes can ruin it
magnolianiac 1 week ago
lol
BeeNSez 2 weeks ago
Ah, Mercutio is on acid again....
billa107 2 weeks ago
What has been seen... Cannot be unseen *shudders*
MIHIRtheBACON 2 weeks ago
danm that was fuckin cool
madeindadefyi 4 weeks ago
Dear lord, Mercrutio...
MacyPooh196 1 month ago
Dat Mercutio
EverlastingCC 1 month ago
Mercutio is my favorite person EVER XD
TerterWolf 1 month ago
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starred622 1 month ago
WAAALLLTTT!!!
starred622 1 month ago
I've got to throw more parties like this...
NOZblast2 1 month ago
mercutio knows how to party ;)
joystixxify 1 month ago
0:24 LOL! Love this film, just got it on DVD! Xx
shrek999000 1 month ago
wish my parties we're bumping like this.. a black man with heels that can kill?? fierceness.
bimvirgil 1 month ago
Mercutio as a crossdresser...
Not sure this is what Shakespeare had in mind...
Lexster918 1 month ago
@Lexster918 Shakespeare LOVED cross-dressing, its a common theme within his plays! Plus, in the original performances the women were played BY men!
dntstopmenow 1 month ago
We've got XO's in the building. Damn ecstasy will rock your world lol
s0g1am0rous 2 months ago
dx
carlos42170 2 months ago
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MissTattyBumpkin 2 months ago
Leonardo DeCapulet
FluffyCatDogs 2 months ago 3
romeo was high denna bitch
breandmelo 3 months ago
@Sassybooish Did you really just use the word "tranny"? -_-...
luxord2654 3 months ago
@sassybouish - did you really just use the term "colored" o.O da fuq?
avengedsevenfold22 3 months ago
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sexypotterhead 3 months ago
WTF?! Tybalt kisses Lady Capulet?! She's his aunt!!!!
Kaibasennin7 4 months ago
@Kaibasennin7 Maybe they're not blood relatives, i.e. he's the son of Lord Capulet's sibling.
2wingo 3 months ago
@Kaibasennin7 Cocaine is a hell of a drug. :)
repogirl20 3 months ago
@repogirl20 i believe it was ecstasy ;D
illicitxlies 2 months ago
Mercutio - What happens in Verona, stays in Verona.
tbeaz161 4 months ago 9
I love this part the best along with the beginning 8D
Narukyomo 4 months ago
BEST PART OF THE MOVIE! :D
Conor3914 4 months ago
And this is why you don't do drugs.
andrewlawrence2209 4 months ago 3
LMFAO MERCUTIO'S DANCE GETS ME EVERY TIME.
Netlocd 4 months ago 4
tybalt is really hot but he kissed his aunt? uncool ...
saltypop13 4 months ago
I remember seeing references to this version of the story while reading the original as a junior, and finding it hard to believe it was "modern" because every image from the movie in our books seemed to consist solely of Romeo in chainmail or Juliet in a dress with wings.
And then I found an IMFDB page for the movie.
WolfZword 5 months ago
Mercutio's dancing is an allusion to Priscilla Queen of the Desert, an Australian film. I guess Baz mighta thought of it when he decided to put this into the film xD
posthumousable 5 months ago
it's a little weird that lady capulet kisses her nephew..
MsBehaved666 5 months ago 3
I don't really like the film, but this part is absolutely awsome.
SL4GW4GG3N 5 months ago
I wonder if there's a modern rendition of Shakespeare's other plays.
MrGuess28 5 months ago
Rofl, I laugh my butt off every time I watch Mercutio dance!
Gahoyify 5 months ago
did shakespeare really write about a negro drag queen in his play? ;o personally, i don't thinks so.. >.<
nveetjuh 6 months ago
Dude is tripping balls.
vballplayer123 6 months ago 27
Is it just me, or does Mercutio come off a little TOO convincing in drag. LOL
AFVfan1 6 months ago 7
CHRIST, MICHAEL IS THAT YOU?! WHAT ABOUT WALT?
ziggyplayguitar 6 months ago
This movie made me realize how timeless Shakespeare's plays are. They address issues still very relevant today.
rellenoz 6 months ago
Mercutio was a madd and awsome guy
WOGBOI7 6 months ago 5
Romeo thinking: "Oh you'll be fine Romeo! This is all cut up with shit - it's weak Romeo! Go ahead and have a fat line, you'll be loving it Romeo!... Yeah, real weak! Fucking stitching assholes!........I need a drink, a fucking huge drink!"
mastermalpass 6 months ago
WHAATTT!
TheSnoopy7936 6 months ago
if Shakespeare would see what we have done to his masterpiece...............he would be so proud :'D <3
SoKawaii2 6 months ago 75
@SoKawaii2 He actually probably would be rather thrilled.
Shakespeare was so raunchy. XDDD;
RagingShiningWit 2 weeks ago
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLTTTTTT
bigianna 7 months ago
This dude is trippin! :D Oh Mercutio! How I love thee.
vballplayer123 7 months ago 3
this was my fav scene i had to tell my teacher to repeat it for me lol
LatinaVampire0231 7 months ago
@RawrKissBite....OMG...just reading what you said has me rolling....hahaha...
beachray2000 7 months ago
0:26 I remember my english teacher refused to show this part to us in class XD
GeishaDevi 7 months ago
The part of this epic movie should be call "Mercutio and Romeo getz dirty!"
xD
Carlosstaff 7 months ago
damn, i wanna party wif mercutio sooo bad lol
burnzyboy15 7 months ago 6
I'll have whatever Romeo's having!
LeilahLola 8 months ago 4
@deadrose144 lol I just said that...At least now I know I'm not going crazy!!!
WiggleTick 8 months ago
Lol I just realized Tybalt Made out with his Aunt!!!!.......Does anyone Know the song Mercutio dances to????
WiggleTick 8 months ago 3
Isn't tybalt mrs.capulet nephew? Then y r they kissing lol?? ^^
deadrose144 9 months ago
@deadrose144 her husband's nephew, no blood relation lol
Niteowl128 9 months ago
these people must be high!!!
55Picklekitty 9 months ago
Wow. This looks even more hilariously bad than the Italian version with only one background track.
onemillionthhokage 9 months ago
y his mercutio hot in this scene...? i may be a weird chick but id get with that...just sayin..
Itzzy11 9 months ago
MMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY EEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEES!!!!!!!!!!! DX I CANNOT UNSEE THIS!!!!!!!! *cries in corner*
MizMimiCullen 9 months ago
Heey, does anyone knows the song's title starting at ):24?? thnx
annavdduin 9 months ago
@annavdduin :
It's Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton :-)
1katalimor 8 months ago
@1katalimor thanks!
annavdduin 8 months ago
Is that Michael from "lost"????
playprobball 9 months ago
@playprobball was just thinking the same!!!!...lol
blinky182er 9 months ago
I just realized that the guy who plays Tybalt does the voice of Sid in Ice Age. He is so gorgeous in this movie, omg!
Oh yeah and I wanna go to a party like that srsly cross dressing black men yay
prettyinpink0650 9 months ago
Mercutio is one sexy bitch!
gusani834 9 months ago
either thats one crazy ass party or romeo is prly still high off of rosaline
aishiezwinky 9 months ago
Mercuito knows how to start a party
Heristal71 9 months ago
1:20 Lol Titanic all over again
MikuHatsune10728 10 months ago
ecstasy is one hell of a drug...
c0ckNockeR 10 months ago
I showed this to my freshmen students. They were all, "Uh, WTF."
BinaryFlareRC 10 months ago
@BinaryFlareRC just goes to show, Shakespeare was writing some WEIRD stuff.
GoilofdaNewsies 10 months ago
Does anyone else notice at 0:15 that Tybalt and Lady Capulet kiss?
RainbowNinjaXD 10 months ago
oh GAWD Mercutio.... XD LOVE 'EM!!
luxord2654 10 months ago
It's Michael from Lost! Love him as Mercutio.
stonerhythms 10 months ago
watching this in school... all i wanted to do was scream WAAAALLLLLT!
lostt4ever18 10 months ago 2
lol I recoiled when I saw this too
Adnamaliz 10 months ago
After watching this scene with my teacher he said"... Man! Mercutio sure does know how to move!" I almost died of laughter.
RawrKissBite 10 months ago 73
@RawrKissBite
My teacher answered everyone's "O-o'" expressions with "No, Juliet's Mother and Tyblt do not have sexy time."
MadHatter3Z3 3 months ago
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I think this is what happens if the actors in a shakespeare play or the audience started dropping acid or something. So the lesson of the day is, don't do drugs, m'kay
MegaOrwell1984 10 months ago
lol I'm watching this in class with my teacher... interesting...
RawrKissBite 11 months ago
0:48 Lol I'm having a disney moment... but doesn't Mercutio remind you of the llama dancing in the emporers new groove?
LiltedLullaby 11 months ago
0:15 is that Tybalt and lady Capulet?
3M0T03 11 months ago
@3M0T03 Yes.
RawrKissBite 11 months ago
totally my favorite part of the movie jajajajaajajaj
mangelixz1 11 months ago
I PROPER LOVE MERCUTIO!; this is my favourite part' im learning about this is englisshhh:)
beautifulmonster31 11 months ago
This is not the version that I watched when I was a freshman. I saw it today though while being a student aide for a freshman english class.
KhaosAngel03 11 months ago
Watched this in class! Me and my friends was like WTF we freaking love this dude!!!
bluebananasandllamas 11 months ago
kids dont do drugs.....
MsSetsuka 1 year ago
0:16 OH HAI INCEST I DIDN'T SEE YOU COME IN.
SpiffyRock21 1 year ago
My favorite part of the movie!!!
southeekang5 1 year ago
Like if you watched this in your highschool english class
bluemelons101 1 year ago 406
@bluemelons101 How the fuck did you know.
CannibalTr0ll 1 year ago
@bluemelons101 thank the lord for high school :D lol WAAAAAALT!~~
blaqdymond1215 11 months ago
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c0ckNockeR 10 months ago
@bluemelons101 lol watch it today i love it
AcesitchEs 8 months ago
@bluemelons101 you too? WIN!!!!
marylandman12 7 months ago
@bluemelons101 Over and over again... LOL.
ruaridh2k7 6 months ago
@bluemelons101 I only understood Romeo and Juliet more clearly after watching this version.
MrGuess28 5 months ago
@bluemelons101 we have to watch the 1956 version for the exam purposes, coz its more accurate to the time period it was written in :(
wishinandhopin14 4 months ago
@wishinandhopin14 my english teacher made us watch both, and i personally liked this one better. because of the modern day setting, its easier to relate to and understand what they're saying :) also mercutio is amazing
roxylulu1 4 months ago
@roxylulu1 i agree! i find myself sniggering away in class with the 1956 pompous voices ;)
wishinandhopin14 4 months ago
Mercutio is soooo funni in this scene wish there was more! lol
Conor3914 1 year ago
Our school is doing Romeo and Juliet. I got Mercutio, and I went on YouTube for some understanding...I FREAKING LOVE THIS DUDE:)
RachaelWorksTV 1 year ago
I'M IN LOVE WITH MERCUTIO!!<3
FAITHandHOPE96 1 year ago 2
We watched this in Class.
Everyone was like dude WTF?
mec567 1 year ago
bonne ambiance géniale
JEANBAPTISTE2491 1 year ago
Mercuito's drag part should've been so much longer!
Jenmysterio 1 year ago 4
1:18 Ring Wraith!!!
PolynesianGirl13 1 year ago
I Love Rocky Horror Picture Show, I Love Mercutio, I Love Discomusic
Pivosquash 1 year ago
This is my favourite part of the movie, it's really funny XD
freepepsicola 1 year ago
anybody know wat's the name of the sound effects of the tiger roar?
lover3963 1 year ago
1:16 - 1:18
Did I just hear Wario?
buttoux 1 year ago 2
"Drugs r quick"? Nooo, really? i would have never realized!
GeishaDevi 1 year ago
Drugs are quick.
elementohsix 1 year ago
ecstasy is the best drug made for shit like this.
C11H15NO2 i heart chemistry
lordvimless 1 year ago
Mercutio mah nigguh
ThatOneGirlDani 1 year ago
best part of the movie!!! :D
AnAverageBox 1 year ago
lol Romeo took Ecstasy
KewKewKashi 1 year ago 3
The best part in any movie, ever!
jcashfelix 1 year ago
LOVE THIS. this was stuck in my head all day XD
1sugaramy 1 year ago
This is the best part of this moviee
CeleronicProductions 1 year ago
mercutio is awesome =D
natsch4ever 1 year ago
whats the technoy track at the start?
raymanceful 1 year ago
i love this movie <3
im glad i have it on dvd <3
xBilabong69x 1 year ago
did anyone think that mercutio looks like dr. frank n furter from Rocky Horror? the sweet transvestite
wittyworldlee 1 year ago
This version of Mercutio is definitely my favourite! Shakespeare was a genius and Baz Luhrmann made this play amazing.
And thanks for posting this - i needed it for english cousework! ;)
KesObsessed 1 year ago
Mercutio is awesome
jai13662 1 year ago
BBBBBBB
lghoya 1 year ago
i cnt believe thts michael from lost lol
AmandaHugankiss 1 year ago 3
this movie is brain numbing
kansaskickwizard 1 year ago
Mercutio... you sly dog!!
0:35 - 0:37 I lold! XD
pickledeliveryguy 1 year ago
U hve te luv this scene!
Conor3914 1 year ago
Is it me r does Marcutio make a gd Women!Lol
Conor3914 1 year ago
Awh were watchin this at skool when Mercutio started singing and dancing i cldn't stop laughin! Its soooo funni!
Conor3914 1 year ago
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these flash sideways get better and better!!!!
HLP83 1 year ago
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HLP83 1 year ago
Every time I watch this scene(my fave by the way) I crack up at 0:14 when Samson(Jamie Kennedy) is wiggling his tongue and there's a wobbling effect when he does it. It makes me laugh!
ksb78 1 year ago
I love this scene, watching this in English :D
What song is this?
TheNay1993 1 year ago
Tybalt's roar <3
teathermouth 1 year ago
Haha, once Mercutio starts dancing the whole crowd joins in :P :P
mexicovasquez 1 year ago 5
>_<
thiagobastoscf5 1 year ago
LOVE SCENE STARTIN AT 0:24...FAVORITE SCENE OF WHOLE MOVIE
lggq 1 year ago
baha did anyone notice tybalt kissing juliet's mom 0:15?
azngrl12345 1 year ago 3
@azngrl12345 Yeah I said that when we watched it in class today. Funny thing is that its her nephew =P
aera52 1 year ago
Ecstasy is hell of a drug
animefreak780 1 year ago 3
I Love this scene =)
18liljesus 1 year ago
WALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLT!
csibatmanfan 1 year ago 3
Go Harold!!! :D:D
IwillbethereMJJ 1 year ago
Harold Perrineau rocks! =DDDD
romiq007 1 year ago 4
He is tripping.
SCCmovies 1 year ago 2
Who's the one person who disliked this???
MasterKratia 1 year ago
This whole scene was just epic. Mercutio dressed in a drag and dancing to feminine music, Tybalt ACTUALLY roaring like a lion, Romeo spazzing out, and Mr. Capulet singing the soprano while looking gay as shit. LOL, I LOVE IT! It's like one massive acid trip XDXDXDXD!!!
TheInstantClassic1 1 year ago 36
@TheInstantClassic1 it's actually one massive E trip lol
c0ckNockeR 8 months ago
muy buena esta escena :)
karyvioleta 1 year ago
My teacher made us start watching this video in class and everyone pretty much agreed that this scene was really disturbing!
Panther592 1 year ago
Ecstasy's a helluva a drug
Goatoftheforest 1 year ago 2
i love mercutio! XDD
sasunaru0403 1 year ago
Omg mecrutio is jokessssss
TotallyAgleek 1 year ago
Juliet's mom kissed Tybalt!!! :OO
KateG0esRawr 1 year ago
romeo was high
Jeciti2008 1 year ago
WAAAAAAAAAAAALLLT
LordMaazo 1 year ago 4
fierce.
nikkiscreams 1 year ago
Of course the black guy is a tranny...
B4S2010 1 year ago
@B4S2010 lol thats what i said but its still funny none the less lol
lydiad452 1 year ago