New Producers Movie — Page 3

I wonder what numbers from the show will be cut

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For people arguing about the difference bewteen the original film and the musical, I believe the stage version and the screen versions to be clearly different, but niether better than the other. The original film was far more cynical with its humor. It was a harsh, biting comedy that wasnt afraid to be that way. However, when Brooks brought it to the stage, he realized something that it needed that was missing from the original film: heart. While hillarious, the film had no heart. The stage version on the other hand focuses far more on the budding friendship between the two men and the emotional change Leo goes through. And in terms of playwrighting rules, I believe this works better this way. it is far more stage oriented with the added heart. therefore, now making the stage musical into a film is not any attempt to replace Brooks' original comedy, but rather just another look at a story he has already told, though this time, through music. the two are both fantastic pieces of art, which will exist that way separately, not in comparison or replacement of each other.