Gypsy With Bette Midler

I was in Borders today and I saw a (re-issue?) DVD of Gypsy w/Bette Midler...is there a difference from the "older" Gypsy DVD from 1993? Any new stuff in there?

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it was dreadful to watch that 3 hour movie....i hated it!

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What didn't you like about it? It's nice that there's a version that follows the show more closely, but I will admit that I still prefer the original film. One of Natalie Wood's finest performances.

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I enjoy the remake, but it could have been better. I don't think she was terrible, but I really wasn't too keen on Bette's Mama Rose.

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Same thoughts as rockfenris2005. >:[

Bette Midler did a phenominal job in that movie. The costumes were beautiful. The sets and choreography were so much closer to the actual staged production. I will not buy the new DVD though, just because I have the old one.

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I am a huge Gypsy fan and huge Bette Midler fan. You'da thunk I'd have orgasms over the movie right?

Well not really. I thought it was rather 'meh'. Ethel, Angela and Bernie still all rank higher for me.

I will admit I really enjoyed Bette's interpretation of "Rose's Turn". It actually sounds like she'll drop dead from exhaustion at any given moment!

Updated On: 7/30/05 at 10:56 AM

As much as I like Bette Midler and think she was made to play Mama Rose, the television production of Gypsy came off kind of flat.

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I have problems with the TV/Midler version too.
I know that the director was very ill and did not survive long after it was wrapped. He did many of the early 'Dance In Americas'.
I loved Bette's sound and at times I think there is evidence of her brilliance but in general I think her acting was too big for the TV screen and it bothered me that she didn't realize it. She almost always seemed to be spot on in other projects.

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Please, Ryan, be serious. Bette Midler could be better than she is...a lot better. The only thing about her worth knowing (to me) is that she nearly played Mary Magdalene in the original Broadway cast of JCS, but they considered her to be too big a presence, who would distract audience attention from the rest of her cast. She and her personal pianist (who also worked for the show, as rehearsal accompanist) Barry Manilow moved on to bigger careers.

ME:

The name's ROCK!! FIRST OF ALL :)

I think she's a legend. I think she just blows everything away and has absolute thrilling command of the stage. She is the Divine Miss M. I'm not trying to be some sycophnaitc fan, but she is a legend. She's better than Barbra

And I only learnt of Gypsy by seeing the Midler film

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