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Does anyone else have serious doubts about the new
#25re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/3/08 at 8:38pm
#26re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/3/08 at 9:11pm
Shame they are pushing Priscilla so far back 
And yes, the artwork is really boring !!!
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#27re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/3/08 at 9:19pmI kind of like the artwork..well the silhoutte thing looks cool but the rest does look pretty boring.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#28re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/3/08 at 9:42pmTook me a minute to see the silouette of Rhett and Scarlett. Pretty clever, IMO. The coloring is a bit dull, though.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#29re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/4/08 at 1:28pmI love the artwork it is a lot mor intresting then most shows i think. When i was in London 2 weeks ago there was a couple of adverts. They also already have a hand brochure that they pass out at the New London theatre.
#30re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/4/08 at 2:13pm
Well, "Les Miserables" was a huge freaking novel and they adapted it. Of course, the debate still rages over whether or not it was a worthy adaptation.
Put me in the camp of one of the best musicals ever written.
MarkK
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/05
#31re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/4/08 at 2:44pm
Did anyone see the 80's movie Irreconcilable Differences with Shelly Long, Ryan O'Neill, and Drew Barrymore? The big gag was what destroyed the Director's career was a musical remake of GONE WITH THE WIND,a young Sharon Stone played Scarlett O'Hara.
And she sang, "This Civil War ain't gonna get me down. I'm taking my act to a brand new town. This belle rings in old Atlanta. I'm gonna find myself a brand new Santa!"
Jennifer Lynn
Understudy Joined: 12/29/03
#32re: Does anyone else has serious doubts about the new 'Gone With The Wind'
Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:46pm
As I've said from the get-go, one shouldn't dismiss it out of hand--would anyone have thought that Les Mis would have made a good musical? And that's just as long, and twice as *dense*, as GWTW. They'll probably have to cut *less* from GWTW than they did from Les Mis.
It will all depend on the script and the score/lyrics. I mean, who would have thought several unrelated stories from James Michener's "Tales Of The South Pacific" would make a good musical? But not only did R & H compose an incredible score, they tied together these stories so well that you'd never believe they weren't at all related in the source material.
As one last comment, before dismissing it out of hand, I submit to you the following quote from Irving Thalberg to Louis B. Mayer:
"Forget it, Louis. No Civil War picture ever made a dime."
(I was going to use "Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr. Epstein" as an example, but the other quote ties in with the show.)
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