Original A Chorus Line Dancers to Receive No Royalties for the Revival- Page 3

[best12bars]

re: Original A Chorus Line Dancers to Receive No Royalties for the Revival#50

Posted: 10/5/06 at 12:46pm

"It's just so shocking to me that they aren't credited for writing the book, along with Dante, etc. It is THEIR words."


They didn't write the book. They talked into a tape recorder while sitting together in a room and told personal stories. There was nothing "literary" about their contributions that would constitute the "book writing" of a musical. Their free-form speech was source material for an author, not "final product" for anything.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Luscious]

re: Original A Chorus Line Dancers to Receive No Royalties for the Revival#51

Posted: 10/7/06 at 2:23am

how

[Luscious]

re: Original A Chorus Line Dancers to Receive No Royalties for the Revival#52

Posted: 10/7/06 at 8:48am

Well... I, for one, give them all a lot of credit!

[Pemily]

re: Original A Chorus Line Dancers to Receive No Royalties for the Revival#53

Posted: 10/17/06 at 6:36pm

"They didn't write the book. They talked into a tape recorder while sitting together in a room and told personal stories. There was nothing "literary" about their contributions that would constitute the "book writing" of a musical. Their free-form speech was source material for an author, not "final product" for anything."

Apparently it was "literary" enough to be used in the show.

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