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re: "Rainbows" dropped from WOODS films

Posted by:	MikeR 01:19 pm EDT 08/14/14
In reply to:	re: "Rainbows" dropped from WOODS films - lowwriter 12:28 pm EDT 08/14/14

ITW (a show I love) is in particular need of adaptation for film, at least in part. A significant portion of the action takes place offstage and is then narrated in song ("I Know Things Now," "On the Steps of the Palace," "Giants in the Sky" among others). I think this works fine onstage, at least in part because we are familiar with these stories and can imagine what's happening (and because two of them--Jack's especially--would require significant investment in effects). But I think film audiences are different, and would expect to see this action unfold rather than be told about it after the fact. The script draft that leaked earlier this year changed "On the Steps of the Palace" so that all the verbs were present tense. Presumably the intent was to film it so that Cinderella was singing while the events were happening. Obviously, we don't know if it stayed that way, but I'd be surprised if that changed.

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