Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 1:43pm
So says Michael Musto:
The holocaust has been an even bigger trophy grabber than ever this past year, so you just know Hollywood will find a way to do yet more crazily inspiring stories about Nazis with disabilities. How long before we're treated to The Reader 2: This Time She's Blind? The heart-tugging sequel can have Kate Winslet as a sight-impaired Nazi who has to feel people's faces to determine if they're Jewish before throwing them into the camps. Seeing as she's full of stereotypical bigtory (but deep down kind of lovable and misunderstood), the woman learns to feel for hook noses, unaware that a Jewish surgeon in hiding (played by Ron Silver) has been whittling down semitic shnozzes for free. The climax of the film comes when Winslet feels the face of a young boy (Dev Patel) and likes what she feels, leading to much interpersonal exploration and learning. Oy! Even if Mel Brooks directs this, I don't want it!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#2re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 1:45pm
It's like a cross between The Miracle Worker and Schindler's List.
This would be a great musical too!
....but the world goes 'round
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 1:54pm
Taz, let's get to work on Let's Face It! the musical. I see a great big finale for the first act- a big production number called "She Knows the Nose!"
Do you think we can get Idina for the Kate Winslet part?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#4re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 1:58pmToo Jewish. This has "Sutton Foster as you've never seen her before" written all over it.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#5re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 2:04pmAnd Orfeh can take the Ron Silver role
....but the world goes 'round
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 2:10pm
Oh man- this could be HUGE! Orfeh's big number could be titled "Can't You SEE?" and be a big rant about about all the signs of antisemitism. Maybe one of the "13" kids could play the boy? I picture a scene where he gets hot from her touching him but is scared she'll somehow know- maybe a love song called "I Can't Hide This Swollen Svanz"
Updated On: 2/6/09 at 02:10 PM
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#7re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 2:12pmThe power ballad: "My Nostrils Don't Lie"
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#9re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 2:23pm
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 2/6/09 at 02:23 PM
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#10re: Coming Soon: THE READER 2
Posted: 2/6/09 at 2:58pm
"I Can't Hide This Swollen Svanz"
I think I just wet myself.
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