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re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long)

Posted by: robert_j 11:01 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long) - LegitOnce 07:08 am EDT 03/18/14

It is an interesting point regarding Olive. I have not seen the movie, but when I saw the show it felt like Cheech's decision to get rid of Olive lacked sufficient motivation.

And it is not just that we lose a scene in which Cheech sees the understudy in the role (although I agree that it sounds like a big loss). At the beginning of Act II, Cheech sings that song telling Warner to back off of Olive, which really seems to renew his commitment to his boss. So it feels even more like a 180 for him to suddenly turn on Olive like that.


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re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long)

Posted by: AlanScott 05:01 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long) - robert_j 11:01 am EDT 03/18/14

And this is where a new song might have come in handy. If there is to be a song for Cheech when he warns Warner, it might focus a bit more on what I mentioned below to LegitOnce: One of his reasons Cheech for issuing the warning is because Warner is a good actor who is important to the show's success.


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re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long)

Posted by: LegitOnce 11:29 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long) - robert_j 11:01 am EDT 03/18/14

It really is a witty idea in the film: that Cheech does what he does for the good of the show, just like a producer firing an actor out of town. Nothing personal, just she she has to go.


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re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long)

Posted by: AlanScott 04:58 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to: re: Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long) - LegitOnce 11:29 am EDT 03/18/14

And that carries through. IIRC, one of the things he says to Warner is something like "You're a good actor. I"d hate to have to kill you."


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