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re: Daily Beast: Is so full of errors-musicals from films

Posted by:	Jonesy 11:16 am EDT 03/18/14
In reply to:	re: Daily Beast: Is so full of errors-musicals from films - NewtonUK 09:48 am EDT 03/18/14

Without getting into nitpicking, the big differences between the examples you've listed and the current trend is that those previous works' authors endeavored to create a new work out of the source material. These days, producers are very clearly banking on the popularity of the source material and are merely putting up a mediocre stage version of the movie. It's a cheap ploy, and while it makes money in the short run, it cheapens theatre as a whole and destroys the industry.

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