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re: SOM: Thank you Ernest Lehman!

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 10:46 am EST 12/06/13
In reply to:	re: SOM: Thank you Ernest Lehman! - bicoastal 10:12 am EST 12/06/13

Lehman's screen adaptation of THE KING AND I is also exemplary. He doesn't usually get as much credit for that one because, compared to THE SOUND OF MUSIC and WEST SIDE STORY, he didn't make that many changes or do that much rewriting. But he greatly improved the story in at least two significant ways: Lady Thiang is a more sympathetic character in the movie, and even more importantly, Anna is directly involved in facilitating the romance and eventual attempted escape of Tuptim and Lun Tha, which is not the case in the stage version.

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