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re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES...

Posted by: kern 07:21 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 01:39 pm EDT 03/16/14

it seems like the better fit would have been BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN....the property would be MUCH more interesting and of interest to the public (and especially the Broadway audience) these days.

Are you saying that when it comes to the Broadway musical homosexual relationships per se are more interesting and commercial than heterosexual ones?


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re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES...

Posted by: Chazwaza 02:51 pm EDT 03/17/14
In reply to: re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - kern 07:21 pm EDT 03/16/14

I'm saying that it's a much hotter property in terms of having been a fairly recent hit/critical & award darling movie with two major movie stars, and a musical about a repressed gay romance is much more note-worthy for discussion and headlines than the Bridges of Madison County, and that there is of course a large gay contingent in the Broadway audience. On many levels it would have been more exciting and note-worthy. And I don't say it just randomly, as I've already said, the specifics of BRIDGES makes me think of BROKEBACK and so that's how it came up.


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re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES...

Posted by: kern 05:20 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Jason Robert Brown should have adapted BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN instead of BRIDGES... - Chazwaza 02:51 pm EDT 03/17/14

Brokeback Mountain may be more contemporary than Bridges, but to argue that it has anywhere near the widespread appeal and popularity of Bridges is a tremendous stretch.

As to the relative size of gays and heteros in the audiences of Broadway musicals, it makes me laugh to think that anyone thinks that that should or would be a consideration for the distinguished theatre artists who have created the musical Bridges. Since JRB had chosen to write music/ a musical specifically for the highly regarded Kelli O'Hara, would you have had her play Ennis or Jack if it was Brokeback that had been adapted?

I have no opinion on the subject and would not argue w/ anyone who thinks that Brokeback is a better property of the two for musical theatre adaptation.

I appreciate your response to me. However, I do feel that your comments were inappropriate. At the same time, I am certain that you had no intention of being divisive.


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