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Re: the casting of LuPone and her contemporaries in the role of Carlotta

With all due respect to persistent fabulist and mortal enemy of New York waitstaff Elaine Stritch, I'm Still Here works better (solely in the context of the show) when a woman the same age as that production's Sally and Phyllis sings it. I think it's relevant that Carlotta is meant to be a contemporary of Sally and Phyllis from the same edition of the Follies, and had an affair with Ben. 

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ColorTheHours048 said: "I wouldn’t say Lionsgate/Roadside acquiring distribution bodes particularly well for the movie’s pedigree, especially one that had early Oscar buzz for its leading lady (which is starting to feel more like Home for Purim than anything). A quick browse of Roadside and Lionsgate’s collective list of films shows far more misses than hits, and the hits are mostly either Saw or John Wick with a couple award hopefuls in there every few years (a Las

joevitus said: "Don't see how this news puts "'the bidding war' rumor to rest." I'm getting the feeling that most of the people commenting on this who are acting like knowledgable insiders really don't have a clue what's going on, and are trying to act wise based on the random articles they come across."

I think a lot of the overreaction also comes from people, myself included, despairing about/not comprehending how dire th

To add to what Kad said above, most of the entertainment journalists I read and whose podcasts I listen to have noted how lackluster this Sundance has been. There are a handful of titles that might break even and develop a following (Sorry Baby, Twinless, Train Dreams), but there's nothing on the level of even something like last year's A Real Pain. Maybe Searchlight or another prestige distributor will eventually scoop it up, but I'm wonderin