Anyone else tired of Movies being made into Musicals?- Page 3

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/28/13 at 9:02am

I'm not tired of movies being made into musicals.

I'm tired of the wrong movies being made into the wrong musicals for the wrong reasons.

Recreating (practically Xeroxing) the film on stage while adding forgettable new songs or badly arranged old songs is the lowest form of scree-to-stage adaptation.

There are many examples of how to do it right. So few of them are recent.

[musicalfool]

Posted: 8/28/13 at 10:19am

I don't need to rehash what has been really thoughtfully articulated here, but this lament is old and tired and not singular to this industry. Publishing, Hollywood, etc. all have their share of similar complaints. The original post is so simplistic that it flattens the real issue completely: WHAT was the motivation to create the piece; WHY musicalize it; IS IT GOOD? Quality will always win.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/28/13 at 12:27pm

I try to respect everyone's opinion. But sometimes people on this board enjoy being contrary.

Which sounds exactly like what you are doing. Every Broadway "generation" has longed for the evolution of Broadway to reverse. It never has and it never will.

You take Legally Blonde and turn it into a really dumb musical that has NO real artistic merit of it's own.

That may be your opinion, but it doesn't have to be anyone else's. Personally, I felt Legally Blonde was turned into a very classic musical comedy of its age. Much like Sweet Charity.

I also blame audiences for being so theatrically illiterate as to fall for these shows.

Well, that doesn't sound pretentious AT ALL.

When ... In 1925 over 230 shows played on Broadway! In 2012 there were about 43.

Can you name the other differences between 1925 and 2012? The world outside Broadway did not remain static. And bad musicals have existed since the birth of Broadway. It has nothing to do with Disney or Wicked or any recent season, trend or development. Of those 230 shows in 1925, how many became hits, classics, or even had decent runs? Quantity does not necessarily mean quality. And these days, if every shows closes in a couple of months every season, Broadway will go bankrupt.