By The Huffington Post News Editors
By Allie Churchill for YourTango.com
The film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” hits theaters this summer and if Director Baz Luhrmann‘s latest film is anything like his other colorful, musical love stories (“Moulin Rouge” and “Romeo & Juliet” just to name a few), it’s bound to be a blockbuster hit.
In case you need a refresher (sans Sparknotes), the novel is set in the summer of 1922 and follows narrator Nick Carraway who rents a small house on Long Island across from the sprawling estate of the enigmatic Jay Gatsby. “The Great Gatsby” provides a snapshot into a glorious age in America’s history — the Roaring Twenties — a time of booming economy, flappers and jazz musicians, bootleggers and gangsters. And it was perhaps the first time in history when Americans truly felt liberated in their sexuality as individuals.
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