Enternal Sunshine
Enternal Sunshine
#1Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 1:17pm
Does anybody else think that "Enternal Sunshine of the spotless mind" might work as a play?
It would be complicated, but I think that it might have possibilities to be really amazing.
"If we don't live happily ever after at least we survive until the end of the week!" -Kermit the frog "I need the money... it costs a lot to look this cheap!" -Dolly P. "Oh please, Over at 'Gypsy' Patti LuPone hasn't even alienated her first daughter yet!" Mary Testa in "Xanadu" "...Like a drunk Chita Rivera!" Robin de Jesus in "In the Heights"
"B*tch, I don't know your life." -Xanadu After that if he still doesn't understand why you were uncomfortable and are now infuriated, kick him again but this time with Jazz Hands!!! -KillerTofu
gymdudeva
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/07
#2re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 2:06pmHmmm my first response was "no way", but then I started thinking...it could work...but the playwright will REALLY have to know what he is doing....
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#2re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 2:11pmThat seems like it'd be extremely hard to do well, but if it was it'd be AWESOME. Such a mindtrip.
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#4re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 3:41pm
I'm not a huge fan of these kinds of makeovers, but when I first saw ES, I immediatly thought, "Wow, this would be such a cool play," especially in the scenes where he's trying to protect her memory while everything else is being stripped away.
Now, having said that, I'll ask, why do it? Is there something more that the play could say that the film didnt? I mean, if you're going to do this, let it be for a reason, not because it's a cool thing to do (HELLO DISNEY PEOPLE! ARE YOU LISTENING HERE?). A stage play is such a *different* medium that in order for this to be a successful project, it would have to make use of those things unique to the stage -- the immediacy of the experience, for example.
So, let's throw the question around a bit. What could the stage play do that the film couldnt? What would you add? What would have to go because of technical limitations? And most importantly, what would such a transition bring to the experience that the original film couldnt match?
#5re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 4:44pmIt definitely could not be a musical, but it was done well then it would be a fun concept to explore.
MarkCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#6re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 7:07pm
It COULD work. But there would be more of a chance that it wouldn't.
Why mess with something so perfect?
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
dramaqueen2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/05
#8re: Enternal Sunshine
Posted: 1/31/07 at 8:05pm
wow definitely. if done the right way.. and there definitely is a right and wrong way with this play..
but if done badly.. *shudders*
interesting thought though
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