Shows like Star Crossed? Well, lemme tell ya, ain’t nothin’ exactly like it, but you got all sorts of shows ’bout folks who can’t be together, y’know? Star-crossed lovers, they call ’em. Sounds fancy, but it just means bad luck and trouble for them lovebirds.
I remember watchin’ some of them “soap operas” back in the day, always some rich fella fallin’ for the maid or somethin’. Same kinda thing, I reckon. Different time, different clothes, but same ol’ heartbreakin’ story.
Now, they got all these new shows, all flashy and whatnot. Heard tell of this show, “The Great”. Folks sayin’ it’s got that star-crossed feelin’. Royalty and such, always makin’ things complicated. Can’t just love who ya wanna love, gotta think ’bout the kingdom and all that jazz. Seems like a headache to me.
- Then there’s them old movies, like “Atonement” and “The English Patient.” Big romances, big problems. Seen bits and pieces of ’em. Too much cryin’ for my taste, but folks love that kinda stuff.
- And this “Sanditon” show, somethin’ ’bout fancy folks by the sea. Heard it’s got that star-crossed thing goin’ on too. Lotsa misunderstandin’s and secrets, I bet. Always is with them rich folks.
The young’uns, they watch all sorts of things. These “Chinese dramas”, they call ’em. Heard there’s a bunch about love that just ain’t meant to be. “As Long As You Love Me” and “One and Only”, somethin’ like that. All in another language, but love’s the same no matter how ya say it, right? Just a bunch of pretty faces and sad songs, I imagine.
And then them “anime” shows. Cartoons, but not for little kids. My grandson, he watches ’em all the time. Says there’s tons about star-crossed lovers, but with magic and monsters and whatnot. He tried explainin’ it to me once, but it just went in one ear and out the other. Too much noise and flashin’ lights for this old lady.
Then you got your classics, like that “Romeo and Juliet” story. Heard that one a million times. Kids killin’ themselves for love, just plain silly if you ask me. But I guess it shows ya how strong that lovin’ feelin’ can be, even if it don’t make no sense.
And that “Fault in Our Stars” book and movie. Young folks dyin’ and fallin’ in love. Breaks your heart, it does. But it’s the same ol’ story, ain’t it? Love and loss, and people who just can’t catch a break. Forbidden love, that’s another way they put it. Like somethin’s keepin’ ’em apart. Family, war, sickness, sometimes just plain bad luck.
There’s even them “Vampire Diaries” shows. Vampires and werewolves and whatnot. Fallin’ in love with humans. Now that’s a recipe for disaster, I tell ya. But folks eat it up. Guess everyone likes a good story ’bout folks who ain’t supposed to be together.
So, if you’re lookin’ for shows like “Star Crossed”, you gotta look for that feelin’ of “ill-fated love”. That ache in your chest when you know things ain’t gonna work out. That hope that maybe, just maybe, they’ll find a way, even though you know deep down they probably won’t. And there’s plenty of them shows out there, lemme tell ya. From them fancy historical dramas to them cartoons with the big eyes. Love and heartbreak, it’s the same story, just told a different way.
You can find these “TV Shows” everywhere now. On that “Netflix” thing, on the TV, even on that little phone everyone’s always starin’ at. Just gotta search for “romance” or “drama” or somethin’ like that. Or ask one of them young’uns. They know all about this stuff.
But fair warnin’, most of these shows, they’ll make ya cry. They’ll make ya wanna yell at the TV and tell them characters to just run off together and forget about everything else. But that’s the point, ain’t it? To feel somethin’. To remember what it’s like to love and lose and hope for a happy endin’, even when you know it ain’t comin’. That’s what them “star-crossed lovers” stories are all about, and that’s why folks keep watchin’ ’em, generation after generation.
