Poll
Thu, 12 July 2001, 01:38 pmWalter Plinge44 posts in thread
Poll
Thu, 12 July 2001, 01:38 pmI have a couple of queries regarding the current poll. Firstly, it asks us to vote for our favourite "broadway" musical. By saying "broadway" I assume that means that angled strip in NYC around which most of the NY theatres are. So, does that mean we are being asked "Which of the current musicals on Broadway now (or recently) do you prefer?"? If so, I don't get it because there ain't too many of us here in godzown what get to go to too many "broadway" musicals. The voter base would be very small.
If the question should have been a more general "Which of these is your favourite musical?", why is there not somewhere for Leah and me to vote "None"?
If the question should have been a more general "Which of these is your favourite musical?", why is there not somewhere for Leah and me to vote "None"?
RE: Musical Bashers.
Wed, 18 July 2001, 10:06 amWalter Plinge
Good God! Les Mis the book has absolutely NOTHING to do with the musical. Sure, the characters in the musical are the rough equivalent of SOME of the characters in the book, but what about the Bishop? Where did Basque go? I don't even have time to list the chapters (nay, entire books) that don't appear in the musical.
The very idea that you could distill a thousand page literary classic into a two hour musical that can be performed by some idiot who can't even pronounce 'Javert' is ridiculous, and you people should stop trying.
One more gripe - why does every performance of Les Mis have to have Cockney accents? You'll excuse me for not seeing the logic there - it's a story written by a Frenchman, set in France, with a cast consisting entire of French characters. Is it too much to ask, if you're going to destroy the very story, that you at least keep the original language?
The very idea that you could distill a thousand page literary classic into a two hour musical that can be performed by some idiot who can't even pronounce 'Javert' is ridiculous, and you people should stop trying.
One more gripe - why does every performance of Les Mis have to have Cockney accents? You'll excuse me for not seeing the logic there - it's a story written by a Frenchman, set in France, with a cast consisting entire of French characters. Is it too much to ask, if you're going to destroy the very story, that you at least keep the original language?
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