DOUBT Film Question

[somethingwicked]

DOUBT Film Question#1

Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:42am

Does anyone know why the character of Mrs. Muller was changed to Mrs. Miller for the film adaptation of DOUBT?

At first I thought it just might be different pronunciations, but the spelling is different too.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[GYPSY1527]

re: DOUBT Film Question#2

Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:45am

huh, I definetly didn't noticed that. I have no idea why they would do that.

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[best12bars]

re: DOUBT Film Question#2

Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:21am

For that matter, Meryl Streep is now playing Sister "Al-ooo-WISH-us" instead of Sister Aloysius ("Al-LOY-si-us").

Must make the names more user-friendly for the masses, I guess. But they didn't pronounce it that way in the play.

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[givesmevoice]

re: DOUBT Film Question#3

Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:35am

Aloysius is usually pronounced Al-oh-WISH-us, though. at least, that's how I've pronounced it.

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[somethingwicked]

re: DOUBT Film Question#4

Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:36am

best12bars, Sister Aloysius was pronounced "Al-oh-WISH-us" in the play as well. Cherry Jones has also pronounced it that way every time she has ever spoken about the role in the press.

Mrs. Muller is spelled and pronounced differently in the film.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 12/18/08 at 10:36 AM

[Fosse76]

re: DOUBT Film Question#5

Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:45am

"Does anyone know why the character of Mrs. Muller was changed to Mrs. Miller for the film adaptation of DOUBT?"

Why does it matter? It's not a change of epic proportions.

[somethingwicked]

re: DOUBT Film Question#6

Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:50am

Fosse76, nowhere did I say it was anything near an "epic" change. It just seems like something very trivial to alter, which is why I asked.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: DOUBT Film Question#7

Posted: 1/28/09 at 9:17pm

I am curious about this, as well.

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[americanboy99]

re: DOUBT Film Question#8

Posted: 1/28/09 at 9:22pm

I would just think it would be because Muller sounds a lot like Miller and would have people saying "Is it Miller or Muller?" Now, they just say Miller and it's obvious.