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re: 'Bullets Over Broadway' -- I was there last night too, Alan! ...

Posted by:	AlanScott 08:15 pm EDT 03/18/14
In reply to:	'Bullets Over Broadway' -- I was there last night too, Alan! ... - flaguy 11:33 am EDT 03/18/14

Big spoilers below about changes from the film. Sorry to have not seen you last night. I wouldn't say that this ending is quite similar to the interestingly bittersweet ending of Radio Days, which is probably my favorite Allen film along with Bullets, but I do see what you mean. If anything, the fact that no one, including David, gives a second thought to the death of Cheech or expresses regret keeps it from being bittersweet at the end. You might think that Helen, having learned the truth, would express a moment of regret about the loss of a potentially great playwright and also a being potentially great lover. That might be a good comic moment to add. Re Zach Braff's singing: they even make a joke about it at one point, but he seems to be intentionally singing badly there. One problem I've had with Stroman's work before, and I have it again here, is her direction of onstage moments where things are supposed to change or go wrong in an actual performance. They always seem fuzzy and not-thought-out to me, and I think that's true again here. But the writers also always bear responsibility in those cases.

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