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re: Cut songs list

Posted by:	Chazwaza 12:18 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to:	re: Cut songs list - Delvino 06:48 am EDT 08/15/14

I don't know... I can't really imagine ITW being as layered and emotionally resonant as it is without the father/son story and the mysterious man and the incredibly important "No More"... and the cutting of that makes me worry, as I have, that Rob Marshall doesn't actually understand the material he is directing. He seems to pick projects for the STYLE he thinks he can bring to them and ignores or doesn't understand or isn't capable of directing or maintain the SUBSTANCE. And it's funny, because it's the kind of thing (style without substance) that so many people seem to think musicals are, and why they dislike them... and here, Marshall chooses musicals with lots of substance and only directs for the style. He turns musicals that are examples to the contrary, and turns them into what people expect from a musical.

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