#26
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:30pm
"How can you say that's not a Cinderella story? "
Sorry I should not have said that. What I mean't was, there may be a "Cinderella Story" in there but it's not theme, that's a story.
Cinderella depending on the version has themes. In Disney's version over arching theme is that good triumphs over evil.
Fiddler is a really great example of why Theme is the most important part of a musical. In developing that show they had no idea what it was about. TRADITION is a theme that can be used in a story by every character, in every song and every plot point.
Big Themes don't always work for a story. Little Mermaid has a good theme "paradise lost," but the story in the musical does not sustain it. The film works very well because much like the original tale, Ariel loses everything. Only when her father reconciles her loss of innocence do we get a happy ending. I know people will chide me for saying it is very close to the original but it is. The ending is different but the theme is the same. Ariel is a victim of her choices. In the musical she fights back which just doesn't work. * Also Eric should also be sacrificing something, Eve didn't act alone.
Musicals with these big themes work very well.
Sorry I should not have said that. What I mean't was, there may be a "Cinderella Story" in there but it's not theme, that's a story.
Cinderella depending on the version has themes. In Disney's version over arching theme is that good triumphs over evil.
Fiddler is a really great example of why Theme is the most important part of a musical. In developing that show they had no idea what it was about. TRADITION is a theme that can be used in a story by every character, in every song and every plot point.
Big Themes don't always work for a story. Little Mermaid has a good theme "paradise lost," but the story in the musical does not sustain it. The film works very well because much like the original tale, Ariel loses everything. Only when her father reconciles her loss of innocence do we get a happy ending. I know people will chide me for saying it is very close to the original but it is. The ending is different but the theme is the same. Ariel is a victim of her choices. In the musical she fights back which just doesn't work. * Also Eric should also be sacrificing something, Eve didn't act alone.
Musicals with these big themes work very well.
