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re: Frank Wildhorn ruins another classic

Posted by: enoch10 05:49 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: re: Frank Wildhorn ruins another classic - RonAnnArbor 05:39 pm EDT 04/02/14
i wonder how long it's going to be?

i'd wager more people (even in that age group) have heard of the scarlet pimpernel.

i don't have as much of a problem with a musical version of this (even by him) as i would many other classics. it's a fun book and a great read but, really, it's never been (nor was it intended to be) anything more than a potboiler. that's no slam against it. it's an adventure story. a great one and well written but that's all it ever wanted to be.

like everything else, it will come down to execution. i think a better argument could be made that a work as exquisite as ROMEO AND JULIET should be too sacrosanct to be turned into a musical. that one worked out ok.


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