@Mister Matt I had completely erased the travesty of A Little Night Music (the film) out of my mind, but after I thought about it I guess it isn't that strange. When Wicked is made a movie it will be: a movie based on a musical based on a book based on a movie based on a book, so Hairspray and ALNM and Nine aren't that strange.
@Jeffrey Karasarides My reaction to Les Miz was kind of the influx of my reaction to Nine (although to a far lesser degree). I saw it in the theater three times and cried my face off every time. It then came out on DVD and I tried to watch it a few months ago, and I fell asleep, was completely bored by it. I guess on my little screen all those things people complained about became really obvious and I couldn't even pay attention to it.
The question of Dreamgirls vs Nine is one that I have struggled with. Someone said the lyrics to Dreamgirls are terrible and that it's a big soap opera basically. I think the score to Nine is absolutely stunning, whereas the score to Dreamgirls has a lot of stuff I can just skip right past and I don't feel like I'm missing much.
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