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Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??

Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??

tomemiller
#0Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:16am

I recently heard from a very reliable source that Mr. Sondheim has decided to make Johanna's role in the new film a non-singing one. If this is true, what are your thoughts?

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Rathnait62
#1re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:21am

Certainly makes it easier to cast.


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SorryGrateful
#2re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:33am

Ewwwww.


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shesamarshmallow
#3re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:34am

Fine with me, I always hated her songs.


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Ciaron McCarthy
#4re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:45am

$100 says they make her a mute and cast Bryce Howard.

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Rathnait62
#5re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:48am

Brilliant, Ciaron!


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SorryGrateful
#6re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:48am

She's a Shymalan girl, not a Burton one. It'd have to be Christina Ricci or Wynona Ryder. They've both done blonde for Burton before.


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Rathnait62
#7re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:49am

If we're sticking to proper ages here, they're both too old.

I'm back to Alison Lohman.


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javertim
#8re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:55am

Wow. I am almost speechless. "Kiss Me," the one with the Beadle and the Judge, is one of my favorite songs from the show. The four-part harmony is some of the most beautiful music Sondheim has ever written.

SorryGrateful
#9re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:57am

Ooooh! I kind of like that idea, Rath. I think making her a non-singing is horrible, but I do like Alison Lohman.


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sabrelady
#10re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 10:58am

I DID intimate something like this would happen. So that drops what 3 or 4 songs?

JBSinger
#11re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:01am

Disappointed. I know soprano singing isn't too popular with the current masses, but this IS an operatic musical for crying out loud.
And though I can begrudgingly lose "Green Finch", losing "Kiss Me" is a crime. It captures so much.

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doodlenyc
#12re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:02am

whose the "very reliable source?"

I cant believe any of you are believing this.


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spiderdj82
#13re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:03am

Just because she doesn't sing in the song, doesn't mean that they are taking out the songs all together. They could be just taking out her part.


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C is for Company
#14re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:04am

Remember, the film probably isn't as concerned at making this film do justice to its stage material. It is focused on seeing how many Johnny Depp fans they can drag in by dropping the opera and cutting back on the "boring songs" so the kids can enjoy.


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Michael Bennett
#15re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:06am

This wouldn't exactly be new news - even that early draft script I read from a couple of years ago cut most (though not all) of Johanna's singing.

And Bryce Dallas Howard sings very well for whatever it's worth.

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MrMidwest
#16re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:09am

Isn't Lohman older than Ricci?


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SorryGrateful
#17re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:16am

Wow, you're right! Ricci was born in '80 and Lohman in '79. I never would've guessed!


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Rathnait62
#18re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:18am

Wow. I guess Ricci's been around so long, I assumed she was older, not thinking.


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MrMidwest
#19re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:21am

Lohman does look pretty young.


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MLE
#20re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 11:22am

Eck.
I heard somewhere that the screenplay didn't contain Johanna's songs, so that could make sense. It's a total shame though.

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zepka102
#21re: Sweeney Film - Johanna's Losing Her Voice??
Posted: 10/30/06 at 1:16pm

"Remember, the film probably isn't as concerned at making this film do justice to its stage material. It is focused on seeing how many Johnny Depp fans they can drag in by dropping the opera and cutting back on the "boring songs" so the kids can enjoy."


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