#1
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:01pm
Did you write this on spec for The Onion?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#2
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:01pm
It's "My high school music group and I"
"I shall stay until the wind changes."
#3
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:05pm
I read up to "screenplay" and then I stopped.
#4
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:05pm
And while you are entitled to like or dislike any show, you should at least make sure that you understand how theater (or even storytelling works. Just sayin'.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#5
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:07pm
BTW.....I took my own group of HS kids, around the same time, and many of them loved it.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#7
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:08pm
I see you joined today just to post this diatribe. I suggest that you withdraw for a while and gain some perspective. And it's a script, not a screenplay.
It's not that some of your opinions lack merit or aren't interesting takes. And I understand that you're still in high school. But it's theater, where not everything can take place in real time. So go to college and study playwriting and maybe you'll win a Tony some day for a screenplay. I mean a book.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
Updated On: 6/13/17 at 05:08 PM
#8
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:09pm
ChenghisKhan said: "Continue reading, and give me some feedback on your thoughts about my version."
We're not your interns.
Also, the show is older than you, and while it has its problems, I don't think you're the one to solve them.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#9
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:13pm
It might help to watch the documentary LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM (on Netflix), for some context, before recruiting Michael Bay to direct your rewrite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Days_in_Vietnam
#10
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:13pm
When does school start?
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#11
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:14pm
LizzieCurry said: "ChenghisKhan said: "Continue reading, and give me some feedback on your thoughts about my version."
We're not your interns.
Also, the show is older than you, and while it has its problems, I don't think you're the one to solve them.
"
Disregarding the baffling OP, I will say that I think I agree with the subject. I get that the spectacle is impressive but I cannot believe there is another production of this offensive, sexist, racist crap.
#12
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:16pm
Capital letters scare me.
Stephanatic
#13
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:21pm
Screenplay.
Moron.
I also stopped reading after that word.
Moron.
#14
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:23pm
I understand war without having to be hit over the head with "war things".
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#16
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:25pm
ChenghisKhan said: "Continue reading, and give me some feedback on your thoughts about my version.
"
I think it's very important for the story to start with the Engineer and the girls.
I also think your "version" is a rambling rant of a highschool kid who has played too many computer games.
Updated On: 6/13/17 at 05:25 PM
#17
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:32pm
Ok, but are we all just going to act like Miss Saigon isn't super problematic? I enjoyed it, but it definitely has some problems with it's writing. I get that the OP wasn't necessarily the most eloquent in their analysis of the show, but can we not act like they're a troll just because they share a different opinion.
#18
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:34pm
I take it you didn't read his battle scene recreations for the stage?
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#19
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:35pm
Matt I did, but... idk... this thread is really weird... I'm just going to leave. Ya'll have fun.
#20
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:36pm
Broadway World's Fireman.
Updated On: 6/13/17 at 05:36 PM
#21
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:40pm
These are the same reasons I can't stand The Sound of Music. It's set pre-WWII yet it starts with some woman spinning in the mountains?!! It should start with the Nazi's marching in the boulevards of Austria. Who sings about favorite things when Ole Adolf is taking over your country? That's just not historically accurate! 
#22
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:43pm
I think they were joking honey.........
#23
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:45pm
^I'm probably old enough to be your grandmother.... honey.
Updated On: 6/13/17 at 05:45 PM
#24
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:45pm
Anyone else feel a sudden craving for a cruel sandwich?
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#25
Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:54pm
If it's so awful........why did you join and post a massive thread on it?
Ah yes.....so much fun to taunt the know it alls...
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