Kathleen Marshall Queen of Plagarism

[secondcity]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 12:53pm

Today's Chicago Sun Times reports that Kathleen Marshall the champion for Director & Choreographer rights has ripped off staging from the original for the new Grease revival.

"When she isn't outright stealing bits from the film, director Kathleen Marshall has doled out choreography ("Born to Hand Jive" in particular) that manages at least to look energetic even as scene after scene (and song after song) falls flat."

I guess it's okay to steal when you are VP of a union!

[blaxx]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 2:48pm

Links - you gotta love 'em!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 2:58pm

Someone's gotta do it.

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weiss/1366712,CST-FTR-grease08.article

Posted: 1/8/09 at 3:00pm

AH...but they LOVE Taylor Hicks!!!

"Taylor Hicks, another of the many "American Idol" alumni to squeeze a few more moments out of 15 minutes of fame by appearing in a Broadway musical, manages to inject some much-needed soul into the proceedings when he riffs a harmonica solo in his lone song of the night, "Beauty School Dropout." He's no Frankie Avalon, but in a show lacking any star power, Hicks manages to produce some much-needed, low-wattage shine."

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 4:14pm

So is she stealing bits from the film or ripping off staging from the original? The review never mentions the original staging.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 4:20pm

Stealing or no stealing, Kathleen Marshall sucked the life out of the recently closed revival.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 4:23pm

That revival needed some Patina Miller.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 1/8/09 at 4:26pm

Of course it did! LOL