Romeo & Juliet-esque

Romeo & Juliet-esque or Romeo & Juliet-esque (comparative more Romeo & Juliet-esque, superlative most Romeo & Juliet-esque)

1. Alternative form of Romeo and Juliet-esque.
   • 2006 April 13, “Films”, in Statesman Journal, volume 155, number 17, Salem, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, “2006 Salem Film Festival” section, page 3, column 5:

     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 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:

     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.

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

     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.

   • 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^[1], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2018:

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

   • 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:

     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.

   • 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:

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