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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: Chromolume 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14
In reply to: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - jesse21 02:40 pm EDT 03/12/14

Did [Stallone] change anything? Yes. Now instead of Rocky cracking five raw eggs into a glass for his morning energy drink like he did in the movie, it's just three eggs in the musical. I attribute this to a decline in the audience’s attention span over 38 years.

I'm assuming this is a joke - but I'm still trying to figure out who/what it's being aimed at, lol.


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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: jesse21 01:53 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - Chromolume 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14

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The intention is what EvFoDr posted just below.

While it is an exaggeration, of course, to point out Sylvester Stallone changed almost nothing, it is a bit of hyperbole that's very close to the truth. I viewed the DVD of the movie just five days before I saw the musical.


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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: Chromolume 03:32 pm EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - jesse21 01:53 pm EDT 03/13/14

Yup, got it, lol. Though had you said "I attribute this to Stallone's sense of a decline in the audience’s attention span over 38 years" it might have registered faster. But no prob. ;-)


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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: twocents 11:56 am EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - Chromolume 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14

Either you appreciate the writing or not.


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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: EvFoDr 11:55 am EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - Chromolume 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14

I interpreted it as a criticism that the extent of "adapting" his screenplay for the stage was to make a pretty pointless change that doesn't have anything to do with the kind of adaptation needed to convert something from screen to stage.


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re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical

Posted by: italianguy 07:49 am EDT 03/13/14
In reply to: re: My review of "ROCKY" -- Turning a boxing movie into a Broadway musical - Chromolume 06:00 pm EDT 03/12/14

Eating raw eggs is dangerous. Stallone energy drink is a quick way to get food poising.


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