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

Posted by:	Delvino 06:21 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to:	Bullets Over Broadway tonight (Spoilers and VERY long) - AlanScott 04:39 am EDT 03/18/14

I enjoyed the specificity of all of these observations, which oddly enough answer many of the questions I have had about adapting the film. Your comments made me think that this show is somehow in spirit a bit like one we never mention: SUGAR, the SOME LIKE IT HOT adaptation. The stories are not similar, but the blend of show biz and gangsters just invited the comparison. The SUGAR score, by Styne, was once considered something of a liability, though it has its fans (me included). I found myself wondering: a Jule Styne styled score is the sort I would expect might make BULLETS soar. Old fashioned, but modeled on the great musicals of the past, with attention to craft. For my taste, this show is less compelling with the sandwiched in standards, no matter how savvy the fit. I can imagine that they do lend authenticity and nail the period. But character songs flow from momentary needs. I'd love to know what a great composer and lyricist would have done with Helen Sinclair. She's had to absorb musical numbers that were written for very different purposes. I gather from your take that it works well enough. Still, nothing beats fresh composition.

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