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DOUBT Stage To Film: Why Did Shanley Change Mrs. Muller's Name?

DOUBT Stage To Film: Why Did Shanley Change Mrs. Muller's Name?

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#1DOUBT Stage To Film: Why Did Shanley Change Mrs. Muller's Name?
Posted: 1/26/09 at 2:01am

In the play, her name was Mrs. Muller.

In the film, her name was Mrs. Miller.


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#2re: DOUBT Stage To Film: Why Did Shanley Change Mrs. Muller's Name?
Posted: 1/26/09 at 2:08am

Probably to make her character more accessible to the "mindless" American movie audience as you so candidly posted about the film months before you had seen it.


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#2re: DOUBT Stage To Film: Why Did Shanley Change Mrs. Muller's Name?
Posted: 1/26/09 at 2:27am

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=986779#3738967


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