What Patti LuPone Really Thought of Madonna's "Evita" movie....

Hello all. I have a 1995--1996 newspaper clipping of a quote made by Patti LuPone. "Don't Cry For Me, ex-Evitas"
"Evita" the flick-- and all the hype-- has come and gone and Madonna has moved on, but there seems to be some lingering bitterness on the part of Patti LuPone, who won a Tony playing Argentina's first lady on stage, but was not in the running for the screen role. Asked whether she saw the movie, she said that she caught some excerpts here and there. She pronounced it "very disappointing. If it had been as electrifying as I know it was onstage, then I'd run to go see it. But it looks like a boring piece of sh*t, frankly. I'm sorry, but that what it looks like." Discuss amongst yourselves. from Roman in Austin, Texas

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She is very right. The movie lost all the power from the stage. I am also not a fan of madonna's work in the film.

For one of the most exciting and politically driven musicals of that decade, it produced a mediocre and poorly sung movie. Madonna, though much better here then in other movies, was just all wrong.

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I enjoyed watching the film, even though I'm sure it was better on stage with Patti LuPone. However, I did feel like the film was a long music video. The whole "looking at the camera" thing was odd.

I've seen both the stage and the film, and to me, they are equally just as good. The stage show has moments that, of course, cannot be captured on film, and vice versa. Personaly, i think Madonna was good, although she did not come off with the strength and power that the real Eva did. She actually played her a little bit weak - even still, this is one of her better movies. I thought the cinematography and costumes were also brilliant. Of course, I was lucky enough to see this on a Ginormous screen, and the music was REALLY loud - which I love - so, yes, I really did like this film. Patti LuPone can take her Tony (that she'll never win again) and shove it up her @$$

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"Hahaha, good ole Patti. Leave it to her to say something that was on the tip of our tounges the whole time."

Play It Cool wins.

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I love how in other interviews Patti denies ever seeing it... hmmmm so which is it patti?

I enjoyed the film i thought Madonna was fine.

No there are other interview where she said she hasn't seen it and had no desire to.

I believe if you search for the orginal version of this thread awhile back you can find that qoute.

Justice i ADORE you.

I think the film lost alot of its power because Maddonna couldn't sing the songs in the original key...

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Patti is great. She is a bitter, angry, talented old lady and I love her.

:)

I was being awful..

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Updated On: 8/12/06 at 07:11 PM

Madonna was great in that role and had a huge amount of passion in her performance.Her voice was on top form to and she nailed most of it.
She rightly won the golden globe for best actress for that film,and im sure people just knock her because she's madonna.
I think the rest of the world gave madonna major credit for that film except the states(the american critics and mdia who love to build a star then knock them down,though it hassn't worked with her).
The film itself was a great adaptation of the screen version and also captured the era and mood a hell of a lot better than the original stage version or the current mess here in london.