I wish them luck with this adaptation, but the Gaying of Company seems to be a Pandora's box, like the Spanishification of the Shark dialogue: once you make this gay, where do you stop?
If Bobby is gay, what is Marta? And what about her theory of the tight asshole. Is that all of a sudden sexual?
If Bobby is gay, what is April? And is he still going to Barcelona? (And what male name does he mix up with April if not "Ju-u-une"? Au-gust? No gay man is called "August" anymore.)
If Bobby is gay, does he still think about marrying Amy?
And what of all the girls' names in "Someone Is Waiting"? "A Susan-sort-of-Sarah, a Jenny-ish-Joanne..."
And what does Joanne (or is it just Joe now?) sing? "Here's to the gay boys who brunch?" Or does he still sing about the girls on the go? Or does he use "girls" and "ladies" as Queenish metaphors for guys?
And, please, spare me the Ladies Who Lunch scene in a dated gay "discotheque" like those horrible scenes in the American version of Queer As Folk.
And is Bobby gay in 1971? Or gay today?
And what the hell happens to "Have I Got a Girl for You"? Please tell me the men don't sing a song mistakenly thinking he's straight?
I do hope they let a man dance Tick Tock. There are several very eligible candidates out there...
Updated On: 10/16/13 at 11:28 PM