Richard Linklater - Merrily We Roll Along — Page 6

The Grammys.com article from which it is sourced has no mention of Jenner. The BroadwayWorld article mentions Jenner, but there hasn't been any indication that he is or isn't involved anymore.

https://www.grammy.com/news/vicente-fernandez-a-mis-80s-wins-best-regional-mexican-music-album-including-tejano-2022-grammys

Got to say, I get what he’s doing, but I hate the long wait for this filming. With Boyhood, the entire project was designed around that. This is a known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick, you can easily just put the actors in makeup and as long as the talent’s strong, it’ll be just as good as it would be with them aging real time.

Because this is such a lengthy process, I couldn't care less about it until it have a release date, and we are a year within that date. I don't need a press release or article written when they have completed a scene. 

ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "Got to say, I get what he’s doing, but I hate the long wait for this filming. With Boyhood, the entire project was designed around that. This is a known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick, you can easily just put the actors in makeup and as long as the talent’s strong, it’ll be just as good as it would be with them aging real time."

When you say that this is a "known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick," would you mind discussing in what way this show has ever functioned perfectly fine? It seems this particular property has a rather turbulent past. It was initially a huge flop for Prince and Sondheim. As a result, this show is rarely performed the same way twice. It has been rewritten with each major production, and yet it has never seemed to function "perfectly fine." Not with the original cast of very young performers, not with a cast of middle aged performers, and not with any of the rewrites.

It's a hard show for audiences and critics. Perhaps actually seeing the cast change as they age in reverse will work better than anything tried thus far, and perhaps it won't, but to say that this is a property that already functions perfectly fine seems to ignore the entire production history of this property.

 

jimmycurry01 said: "ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "Got to say, I get what he’s doing, but I hate the long wait for this filming. With Boyhood, the entire project was designed around that. This is a known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick, you can easily just put the actors in makeup and as long as the talent’s strong, it’ll be just as good as it would be with them aging real time."

When you say that this is a "known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick," would you mind discussing in what way this show has ever functioned perfectly fine? It seems this particular property has a rather turbulent past. It was initially a huge flop for Prince and Sondheim. As a result, this show is rarely performed the same way twice. It has been rewritten with each major production, and yet it has never seemed to function "perfectly fine." Not with the original cast of very young performers, not with a cast of middle aged performers, and not with any of the rewrites.

It's a hard show for audiences and critics. Perhaps actually seeing the cast change as they age in reverse will work better than anything tried thus far, and perhaps it won't, but to say that this is a property that already functions perfectly fine seems to ignore the entire production history of this property.

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This is completely ignoring that the show has had several critically acclaimed, award winning productions since its infamous first one. It’s also ignoring that since the 1994 Off Broadway run the show has retained the structure of that production, it’s not like Chess where they’re still altering the plot and songs.

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ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "jimmycurry01 said: "ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "Got to say, I get what he’s doing, but I hate the long wait for this filming. With Boyhood, the entire project was designed around that. This is a known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick, you can easily just put the actors in makeup and as long as the talent’s strong, it’ll be just as good as it would be with them aging real time."

When you say that this is a "known property that has functioned perfectly fine without this gimmick," would you mind discussing in what way this show has ever functioned perfectly fine? It seems this particular property has a rather turbulent past. It was initially a huge flop for Prince and Sondheim. As a result, this show is rarely performed the same way twice. It has been rewritten with each major production, and yet it has never seemed to function "perfectly fine." Not with the original cast of very young performers, not with a cast of middle aged performers, and not with any of the rewrites.

It's a hard show for audiences and critics. Perhaps actually seeing the cast change as they age in reverse will work better than anything tried thus far, and perhaps it won't, but to say that this is a property that already functions perfectly fine seems to ignore the entire production history of this property.

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This is completely ignoring that the show has had several critically acclaimed, award winning productions since its infamous first one."

Well, that's still not 100% true, though, is it. The Leicester production was seen as an improvement, but was still seen as faulty. Much has been discussed about that through the years. Maria Friedman's production is the best so far, yet the reviews still ran rather mixed. Brantley didn't care much for the City Center production, highlighting it's flaws in his review. Critics were also not particularly kind d to Fiasco Theatre's off-Broadway production. The property may have picked up some awards, but that does not stop it from being a historically troubled property that is rarely done the same way twice, which illustrates that it does not have a history of functioning perfectly fine. 

 

I'll probably be dead and never see it, but I think the idea is inspired. As for those who have stated that they would rather see it filmed all at once with the actors wearing make-up to have them appear older, I suspect you were some of the same people who were opposed to the casting of Ben Platt in the DEH movie because he was older than the character and was wearing make-up to have him appear younger. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.

 

MezzA101 said: "Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins Richard Linklater’s Two-Decade ‘Merrily We Roll Along' Experiment — World of Reel

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/7/15/richard-linklaters-merilly-we-roll-along"

Reminder that Jordan Ruimy is reliability-wise about the film equivalent of Sweaty Oracle. I'd wait before taking his rumors at face value - it's been a day since he posted that and so far none of the trades have corroborated or reported on the casting.