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#27

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 1:13am

It's not that I don't like their musicals, heck, I loved TLK, and B and B, and sort of Aida. It's just that I think that they take up waaaay too much space. They need to allow opportunities for other people to enter onto the Broadway scene, and right now, they're just a big conglomerate slowly taking up more and more theaters.
#28

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 1:16am

I thought Disney only has two theaters... three, counting Tarzan. I think the people at Disney are smart enough to know their limits and realize that they just can't usurp everyone else and control Broadway.

Updated On: 7/9/05 at 01:16 AM

#29

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 1:22am

Well, obviously they can't, I guess you're correct about the amount of theaters, it just seems as if they've grown significantly on Broadway in the past decade even.
#30

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 8:03am

If they have the money and the market want them to present it, why should they stop? Broadway is, in the final analysis, a business. If there is money to make, Disney should come in and do it.

As for Pocahontas, I'd rather see Mulan. However, I rather see Pocahontas before Tarzan.
#31

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 9:03am

Yes I agree with Forester that I'd rather see Mulan than Pocahontas and Pocahontas before Tarzan. I know the perfect actor who could play the guy that's in charge of making sure Shang does the right thing(I don't know if that's a good explanation of him). Jonathan Pryce! He'd be great as that guy. I think he's the guy who hates Shang Li and yells at Mulan's dad in the beginning because Mulan spoke out or something.
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#32

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 11:18am

definetly better than Tarzan, and i would LOVE to go and see it!
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#33

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Posted: 7/9/05 at 12:39pm

Does anyone have a file of Sara's version of TCOTW on their computer? If so, please PM me if youd be willing to trade for something (the "something" will probably regarding Wicked re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway? ) Thanks.
#35

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 12:44pm

It's actually my favorite of the new Disney collection and I think that it might better than Tarzan and the music is much better too!

Still wherever Pocohontes goes, she always bring up controversy......
#36

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 1:06pm

Good lord people! I was kidding. Do I actually need to explain this joke to you?
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#37

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 2:13pm

Pocahantas is infinately a better idea than Tarzan, and is much more transferable than The Little Mermaid. *shrugs* I would see it.
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#38

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 2:35pm

I could easily envision another Sara, Ms Gettelfinger, in the title role. She wold be a beautiful Pocahontas.
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#41

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 4:26pm

Unlike THE LION KING and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (and even TARZAN and THE LITTLE MERMAID), the movie POCAHONTAS was one of Disney's most disappointing animated ventures, both critically and financially. I don't see Disney wanting to develop it into an expensive stage musical.

It's also, in my view, one of Disney's most flawed films: a historically-inaccurate plot, bland songs and a weak narrative. If Disney was to develop another musical from one of its animated movies, I'd put MULAN on the top of the list, as storywise it's the strongest, and is fertile material for stylistic interpretation (can you imagine the Chinese-influenced staging?). ALADDIN would be my second choice.

Besides, do we need another half-baked Schwartz musical on Broadway? re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?
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#43

re: What would you think if Pocahontas was on Broadway?

Posted: 7/9/05 at 6:01pm

I personally hated POCHACOOTER! I thought that Disney should have least tried to keep it somewhat historically accurate but alas, they failed miserably. I like Judy Khn singing in the film and that is it. I am curious to see the new film THE NEW WORLD with the very sezzy Colin Farrel that is premiering this fall though. I certainly hope that it would be more historically accurate.
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#47

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Posted: 12/30/05 at 6:05pm

I'd love to see Victoria Clark and John Cullum in a stage version of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Other than that, Mary Poppins and a rock opera about Walt Disney, I'd love to see Disney on Broadway close up shop.

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