Barbara Streisand "re-writing" GYPSY
Barbara Streisand "re-writing" GYPSY
Barbara Streisand "re-writing" GYPSY#1
Posted: 9/27/14 at 10:40pm
Barbara, you should be more particular about your use of language! "Re-Write" does not a good GYPSY make
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barbra-Streisand-Shares-GYPSY-Movie-Update-We-Are-Re-Writing-Now-20140927
Barbara Streisand #2
Posted: 9/27/14 at 10:44pmWell you have to adapt the libretto to film and there has never been a gypsy movie that has ever been able to do it correctly..so....go for it.
Barbara Streisand #2
Posted: 9/28/14 at 12:04amGypsy is tricky, 'cause on stage it's perfect, but it'll need tweaking to make it workable for film. For example, just having Rose on an empty stage during "Rose's Turn" can be electric on stage, but terrible on film [as the first 2 film versions proved.] They need to make it into a film, not just a stage show on film.
Barbara Streisand #3
Posted: 9/28/14 at 12:04amI'm assuming she means re-writing the current screenplay.
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Barbara Streisand #4
Posted: 9/28/14 at 12:06amI always just thought that they should put in on stage and then film it that way (not necessarily live, but on stage instead of environmental settings)
Barbara Streisand #5
Posted: 9/28/14 at 12:53am
Have it at, Barbra. Arthur's Golden Rule was always "He who dies last gets to rewrite."
Barbara Streisand #6
Posted: 9/28/14 at 12:56am
I've said this before, but the way I imagine Rose's Turn to be staged is that the theatre is full of people who are clapping, cheering etc.
At the end of the song they give her a standing ovation, she continues with the bows and then her daughter walks in/interrupting her while she is bowing, and the next cut shows an empty theatre.
Apparently this has been done for another movie (not Gypsy, if I recall correctly). But still, you can't perform Rose's Turn to a bare theatre - It would just suck the energy out of it.
Barbara Streisand #7
Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:11amIn space-no one can hear you scream---I'd do it out there.
Barbara Streisand #8
Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:47amI'm sure she's refering to a rewrite of the screenplay. I'll bet they start toward the end of Rose's story, when she would seem a little bit more age appropriate, then flashback in hope of us forgiving the fact that she's seems a bit long of tooth to have two little girls.
Barbara Streisand #9
Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:48am^ I hadn't thought of that. Seems like a plausible way to cover up the age issue.
Barbara Streisand #10
Posted: 9/28/14 at 2:16amThey could frame the entire film in a retirement home with the residents putting on a production of Gypsy. That could cover up the age issue.
Barbara Streisand #11
Posted: 9/28/14 at 3:45am
I know people hate him on this board, but I thought Rob Marshall's concept of setting it up on stage with the numbers emerging from Rose's imagination in the style of CHICAGO would have worked beautifully for this particular show (it made no sense when he tried it with NINE).
Obviously Streisand is talking about rewriting the screenplay and getting it right. You'd have to be a real drama queen, and frankly not that smart, to get your panties in a twist thinking she means they are rewriting the show or something ridiculous like that.
Barbara Streisand #12
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:48am
"At the end of the song they give her a standing ovation, she continues with the bows and then her daughter walks in/interrupting her while she is bowing, and the next cut shows an empty theatre."
I like that a lot, and think it would work wonderfully on film. And hey, it's Barbra... I'd go see her do anything, right or wrong for the role, and I'd love every second!
Updated On: 9/28/14 at 05:48 AM
Barbara Streisand #13
Posted: 9/28/14 at 4:17pm
That's how I always pictured "Rose's Turn" as well. Seems like such a given. I'm not sure why they never tried it in the other two film versions. I'd be a blast to have the first part of the song with her maybe even going into the audience and sitting on people's laps and being really bawdy and sexy.
The dialogue doesn't need a single word changed, since, I feel, it's perfect, but it'll need more than that to make a film version work. I always liked the idea of "You Gotta Get A Gimmick" being a montage showing Louise watching in the wings as each stripper performs their signature number for a house full of screaming men. Little things like that would really open it up and make it a little more exciting than just parking and barking.
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Barbara Streisand #14
Posted: 9/28/14 at 4:57pm
How funny! I always imagined "Roses Turn" to be like that on film. However, I'm not sure about watching Babs flirt with audience members...she's in her 70's. That would be pretty cringe-worthy 
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I also love the idea for "Gimmick".
They would need to cut "Little Lamb".
Dare I say it, they may even need to cut "Mr Goldstone."
I just feel that cutting these songs would help make the film move quicker and at a better pace.
Barbara Streisand #15
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:09pm
She's gonna put Rose's Turn on a goddamed TUGBOAT!
This needs to be stopped. Ended. Halted. Nipped in the bud. Discontinued. Terminated.
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Barbara Streisand #16
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:14pm
Seriously...I think you must accept that Babs is doing this and you can't stop her. Do not let this grieve you.
Updated On: 9/28/14 at 05:14 PM
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Barbara Streisand #17
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:18pm
It opens with Rose's funeral with all the kids/ Louise together, remembering...
Updated On: 9/28/14 at 05:18 PM
Barbara Streisand #18
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:34pm
Streisand is indeed talking about a rewrite of the screenplay.
The initial screenwriter of the film was Julian Fellowes of DOWNTON ABBEY fame, but this summer the studio hired Richard LaGravenese (fresh off THE LAST FIVE YEARS and BEHIND THE CANDELABRA) to come in and do a new draft. That version is currently in process.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Barbara Streisand #19
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:59pm
INT. Lobby of a VAUDEVILLE THEATER where UNCLE JOCKO is holding auditions.
ROSE listens intently and starts for door when she hears YOUNG LOUISE start to sing. ROSE catches a GLIMPSE OF HERSELF in a mirror in the lobby.
ROSE: Hello gorgeous. (Turns and rushes though the door and down the aisle of the theater) Sing out Louise!
Barbara Streisand #20
Posted: 9/28/14 at 7:42pm
I wouldn't cry if Mr. Godlstone was cut. I don't even think Sondheim is a fan, 'cause, as he said, the punchline if the first line and the rest is just kinda...there.
I think "Little Lamb" is important for the Louise character, but I could see it being cut as well. If it stops the pace, cut it. After 2 relatively terrible film versions, maybe cutting a few bits will help.
And as for the tugboat suggestion, I actually see Rose belting the last note of "Some People" from the window of a train or a car as the camera flies up into the sky. Might be a nice Funny Girl homage.
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Barbara Streisand #22
Posted: 9/28/14 at 7:48pmStreisand has enough problems with folks' perception of her ego, she really can't write an homage to herself.
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Barbara Streisand #23
Posted: 9/28/14 at 8:07pm
I wish she would just dump this and do that BALLROOM movie she was threatening to do about a decade ago. A musical love story among older people? Why the hell not?
"No, no, no!!! Whaddya mean no close-up swooping out to a helicopter panorama shot on 'For meeeeeeee'? I know my audience! I don't care if it takes place in a theater! We get a drone and do the damned close-up to wide like I've always done it!"
Barbara Streisand #24
Posted: 9/28/14 at 8:11pm
She was gonna do a Ballroom movie? That might be pretty great and age appropriate.
Still, I want a new Gypsy movie one way or another.
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