Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film- Page 24

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 8:30am

I think Dressing Them Up tells you everything you need to know about Molina and introduces you to the fantasy world he has created in his head to get through. Always a way to find how to do something.

[John Adams]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 8:47am

BrodyFosse123 said: "Based on her recent CBS Morning profile, she’s truly delusional and truly believes those enhanced vocals produced for the film are genuinely 100% coming out of her own lips."

Granted, I'm not as big a fan of this soundtrack as others (or JLo's vocals on the soundtrack), but is it really fair, or even accurate to describe her as "truly delusional and truly believes those enhanced vocals produced for the film are genuinely 100% coming out of her own lips"?

Even if we all (or many) suspect/know the truth of the matter, I think it's more delusional to expect her to say anything different while promoting the film. That's a big part of the job. 

[blaxx]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 9:26am

joevitus said: "blaxx said: "joevitus said: "blaxx said: "TheatreFan4 said: "I think it's supposed to be Hollywood, because Molina makes a big point about them white washing Ingrid Luna."

But it's obviously not Hollywood, as Hollywood in the era would not have had movies with 100% Latinos starring.

Anyway, too bad the budget didn't allow for more exciting musical numbers, both visually and choreographically."

It's almost like it's a fantasy sequence or something. I mean, you are familiar with the show, yes?"

More than most shows, love. This is one where the Prince production puts the film to shame when it comes to musical numbers. No electricity, no fear for her, just a bunch of clichés and stereotypes that the stage production is not.

If you think it's a masterpiece, so be it."

I may wind up hating it, who knows, but complaining that the staging of the musical numbersdoesn't have enough quick cuts and that the sequences can't be meant as MGM musicals because the cast is Latin is just...bizarre. We're seeing Molina's mental recreationof movies he's watched. And if Condon wants to imagine that MGM surrounded a Latina star with Latin extras (or that Molina is remembering them as such), I don't see that as any great failure on the part of the produciton. You could point out in terms of the stage versionthat musicals of the era never involved Russian countesses being shot on the streets of Moscow and no musical star of the era would have been cast asamonster/fatalelike the Spider Woman. In the world of this musical, one Hollywood stardid."

JLo groupies are exhausting.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 10:27am

Fandango has a promo code for $15 off showings October 9 through 12: SPIDERWOMAN.

[joevitus]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 11:39am

CarlosAlberto said: "joevitus said: "Quite love the soundrack with the exception of "Gimme Love," which, to be fair, is my absolute favorite song in the score, so my preferences are very much keyed to the stage orchestrations and of course the orignal dissonant ending/Act 1 curtain. But, wow, talk about recreating an era in sound! So lush and period specific. Creating a quite different vibe from that, the Spanish language "Dear One" with that lovely guitar accompaniment is wonderful."

I completely agree with you about “Gimme Love”. It’s my favorite song in the show and on this soundtrack it is a disappointment. Gone are the carnival whistles and tribal jungle beats. Her vocals lack energy, fire and character."

Perfectly put.

[joevitus]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 11:40am

BrodyFosse123 said: "Don’t care how or WTF technology they used on her, but Lopez sounds fantastic on this. For a film adaptation, this is glorious. It’s forgivable for it being an altered performance. We all know for a fact on stage she isn’t capable of giving these vocals live. Based on her recent CBS Morning profile, she’s truly delusional and truly believesthose enhanced vocals produced for the film are genuinely 100% coming out of her own lips."

Lol, I had no idea she isn't capable of this, but I agree that it doesn't matter when the result is this good. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 12:26pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "Let us all live with the level of delusion and success that Jlo lives with...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPM_L1pDWBD/?igsh=MXI0MnlqbTUxODYwbg=="

The comments on that Instagram reel are beyond epic. They’re a Michelin rated 8 course meal."

I don't know how I missed these posts earlier, but frankly, I think maybe she's being misunderstood. When she talks about singing like Barbra Streisand, I think she means the style of singing, and specifically doing songs in the Broadway idiom, not that she's saying she did or does have a vocal instrument as powerful and pitch-perfect as Streisand. Similarly, when she says her voice is a better fit for musical theater than concerts, I think she's talking about the style of song, not about whether she at this point in her life has the vocal prowess to belt out an evening's worth of songs for eight performances a week for months on end. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 10/3/25 at 12:39pm

blaxx said: "joevitus said: "blaxx said: "joevitus said: "blaxx said: "TheatreFan4 said: "I think it's supposed to be Hollywood, because Molina makes a big point about them white washing Ingrid Luna."

But it's obviously not Hollywood, as Hollywood in the era would not have had movies with 100% Latinos starring.

Anyway, too bad the budget didn't allow for more exciting musical numbers, both visually and choreographically."

It's almost like it's a fantasy sequence or something. I mean, you are familiar with the show, yes?"

More than most shows, love. This is one where the Prince production puts the film to shame when it comes to musical numbers. No electricity, no fear for her, just a bunch of clichés and stereotypes that the stage production is not.

If you think it's a masterpiece, so be it."

I may wind up hating it, who knows, but complaining that the staging of the musical numbersdoesn't have enough quick cuts and that the sequences can't be meant as MGM musicals because the cast is Latin is just...bizarre. We're seeing Molina's mental recreationof movies he's watched. And if Condon wants to imagine that MGM surrounded a Latina star with Latin extras (or that Molina is remembering them as such), I don't see that as any great failure on the part of the produciton. You could point out in terms of the stage versionthat musicals of the era never involved Russian countesses being shot on the streets of Moscow and no musical star of the era would have been cast asamonster/fatalelike the Spider Woman. In the world of this musical, one Hollywood stardid."

JLo groupies are exhausting."

Tiresome queens are more so. I'm not remotely a JLo groupie. But it's fun to watch you sidestep my actual comments to lob an ad hominem. Indicates you can't face the inherant flaws of your original criticism (that the lack of quick cuts is odd for musical numbers in Latin American movies of the 40's, or that somehow these can't be Hollywood movies because the it's too great a suspension of disbelief this movie is asking us to make that either MGM actually surrouned a Latina star with a Latin chorus or we're watching Molina's memory of these movies, not what they literally looked like).

Updated On: 10/4/25 at 12:39 PM

[altonido]

Posted: 10/5/25 at 4:59pm

Video of all six numbers that were cut after the Purchase 1990 premiere.   Three of them have been restored for the movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hEYfBn5OY