Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film — Page 18

bruceway said: "The past three Best Supporting Actress winners have all been horrible so... I guess that means there's hope for JLo."

I personally haven't agreed with a Best Supporting Actress Oscar win since Yuh-jung Youn for Minari. In 2021, I would've voted for Kirsten Dunst over Ariana DeBose (although had Caitríona Balfe been nominated for Belfast, she easily would've been my winner). In 2022, I would've voted for Kerry Condon over Jamie Lee Curtis (although had Michelle Williams gone supporting for The Fabelmans instead of lead, she easily would've been my winner). In 2023, I would've voted for Danielle Brooks over Da'Vine Joy Randolph (I'm not the biggest Alexander Payne fan, so I found both her performance and The Holdovers overall to be pretty overrated). In 2024, I would've voted for Felicity Jones over Zoe Saldaña (although had Danielle Deadwyler been nominated for The Piano Lesson, she easily would've been my winner).

I'm confused about the strategy of using the film to launch a stage revival. The reviews for JLo in this were pretty rapturous when it was shown. Obviously a wider audience could pop that bubble but if she is also well received by them, what star would want to play second string to that? We can talk about cancelled tours and tabloid scandals all we want but there are very few people they could even hope to nab for this that have JLo's name recognition and they have no hope of getting those select few to sign on if this does even moderately well. And without a star of some caliber (or someone who at least feels like a star) there is no Kiss of the Spider Woman.

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binau said: "I loved the trailer. I pretty much hate all musical movies except a few (e.g. Wicked, Sweeney Todd, Chicago, bits of Dreamgirls) so I've kind of given up on the idea that they can ever really work."

Wait, are you talking about movies adapted from Broadway shows, or just movie musicals in general?

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN - JENNIFER LOPEZ (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Not a troll in anyway. It will grow on me. Having seen the incredible Chita do it years ago. This is quicker than the original, some of the phrasing is interesting. Let’s see how it works in the grand scheme of the film.

I saw the OBC twice and loved Chita and the show.

This Lopez recording is much better than I ever thought it would be!

I'm excited, for the first time, to see this movie!

huh.

I didn't care for this. Where in the world is this character from, and what accent is she employing?

In words that end in "-er", and the first syllable of "parlor", she sounds quasi-British (PAH-lor and flic-KAH). Also, isn't there an "r" in the word, "earth"? But each time she sings the word, "kiss", it comes out, "keeeees".

In her second verse, she sings a very hard "r" in the first syllable of, "curtains", but the words "dimmer" and "fire" comes out as, "dim-mah" and "fi-yah".

Dynamically, she's pretty much stuck in one zone, and I'm not sure why she slips in those exaggeratedly long "sssssssssssss-es". Is that supposed to add drama?

huh.

I guess I really hated this. (But the orchestra sounds great!)

John Adams said: "huh.

I didn't care for this. Where in the world is this character from, and what accent is she employing?

In words that end in "-er", and the first syllable of "parlor", she sounds quasi-British (PAH-lor and flic-KAH). Also, isn't there an "r" in the word, "earth"? But each time she sings the word, "kiss", it comes out, "keeeees".

In her second verse, she sings a very hard "r" in the first syllable of, "curtains", but the words "dimmer" and "fire" comes out as, "dim-mah" and "fi-yah".

Dynamically, she's pretty much stuck in one zone, and I'm not sure why she slips in those exaggeratedly long "sssssssssssss-es". Is that supposed to add drama?

huh.

I guess I really hated this. (But the orchestra sounds great!)"

LMAO! Your take on this is so hilarious that I had to go back and listen to it again (I’ve only listened to it one time) while reading your post and yeah, you pretty much nailed it.

BJR said: "For the record, I was impressed by this. For a pop star, this is pretty solid.""

Similar to Madonna in "Evita". Both are pop/contemporary artists (as opposed to musical theater). Both look AMAZING in the roles, but when they sing, they sound like pop/contemporary artists.

BJR also said: "This seems to be similar to some of Vanessa Williams' choices"

I agree. J.Lo’s performance feels very “coached” to me, with a possibility that Williams’ performance was used as the model. I think that Williams' performance is the far and away the better interpretation, though.

Updated On: 9/7/25 at 07:54 AM

Where is this character from? As written, the character is a fantasy so she can use ANY accent she chooses. Heck, she can even play different ethnicities if she chooses. All of her moments in the musical are in Molina’s head. We never see the actress as herself, it’s always as a character in films she was in and that he is remembering.

Apologies if this is mentioned earlier in the thread, but a stage production is currently playing in DC in case anyone wants to see it:

Washington Post article about it

Kiss of the Spider Woman, through Sept. 28 at GALA Hispanic Theatre in Washington. Two hours with an intermission. galatheatre.org.