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Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 09:52 am EDT 10/30/15

"Despite her success, Brice 'doesn't think that she deserves a guy. She thinks she's ugly. She takes him on, but infantilises him. And when he gets into trouble, Brice bails him out. Finally, in a tragic way, she destroys him - and he's got to get away from her. I'm not sure it was really understood at the time.'" Oh? I certainly understood it "at the time," although I'm not sure that "infantalises" is the correct word here. "Fierstein cut 40 pages from the script during his first read-through. He likened his work to an 'excavation.' Fierstein spoke of uncovering a 'really lovely story about a woman in showbusiness who wants to have a personal life and the career...and that still resonates." Really? I think that aspect of the story has always been very clear, and didn't need to be "uncovered." "Fierstein said he'd reshaped the show so it's all seen through Brice's eyes. 'It's not Ziegfeld Follies with 500ft staircases and 60 girls in white ostrich feathers. Hopefully, we can find the human being in the legend.'" Of course he's going to phrase it that way. This is a Menier Chocolate Factory production.

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Thread:	Film Vs Stage Musical - John_Patti 12:41 pm EDT 10/31/15 UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - 2hrsOfJustPow 12:20 am EDT 10/31/15 (10) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - PlayWiz 03:03 am EDT 10/31/15 (9) "...so it's all seen through Brice's eyes." - Michael_Portantiere 10:40 am EDT 10/31/15 re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - simbo 03:16 am EDT 10/31/15 (7) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - pierce 01:35 am EST 11/02/15 (5) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - simbo 05:47 am EST 11/02/15 (4) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - pierce 01:33 am EST 11/03/15 re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - PlayWiz 02:16 pm EST 11/02/15 (2) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - Michael_Portantiere 02:54 pm EST 11/02/15 (1) re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - pierce 02:18 am EST 11/03/15 Lisa Kron would've been my choice... - Delvino 10:58 am EDT 10/31/15 "Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter." - Delvino 06:17 pm EDT 10/30/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - BrianJ 12:57 pm EDT 10/30/15 (10) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - young-walsingham 02:04 pm EDT 10/30/15 (8) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - sf 02:52 pm EDT 10/30/15 (6) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Chromolume 06:28 pm EDT 10/30/15 (5) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - sf 07:03 pm EDT 10/30/15 (4) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Chromolume 12:01 pm EDT 10/31/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - lowwriter 07:24 pm EDT 10/30/15 (2) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - PlayWiz 03:05 am EDT 10/31/15 (1) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - tandelor 08:29 am EDT 10/31/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 02:35 pm EDT 10/30/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 01:05 pm EDT 10/30/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - LynnB 12:53 pm EDT 10/30/15 (1) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Chromolume 06:30 pm EDT 10/30/15 Where did the interview appear? nm - kieran 12:49 pm EDT 10/30/15 (4) re: Where did the interview appear? nm - Michael_Portantiere 01:07 pm EDT 10/30/15 (3) re: Where did the interview appear? nm - sf 01:54 pm EDT 10/30/15 (2) re: Where did the interview appear? nm - Michael_Portantiere 02:32 pm EDT 10/30/15 (1) re: Where did the interview appear? nm - sf 02:50 pm EDT 10/30/15 I Have to laugh - Greg_M 11:50 am EDT 10/30/15 (7) re: I Have to laugh - Chromolume 06:40 pm EDT 10/30/15 (6) re: I Have to laugh - garyd 03:27 am EDT 10/31/15 (5) re: I Have to laugh - Michael_Portantiere 10:44 am EDT 10/31/15 (4) re: I Have to laugh - garyd 02:09 pm EDT 10/31/15 (3) re: I Have to laugh - Chromolume 03:42 pm EDT 10/31/15 (2) re: I Have to laugh - Michael_Portantiere 07:17 pm EDT 10/31/15 re: I Have to laugh - garyd 06:06 pm EDT 10/31/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - WaHiGuy 10:10 am EDT 10/30/15 (8) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 10:16 am EDT 10/30/15 (7) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - larry13 11:48 am EDT 10/30/15 (6) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 11:50 am EDT 10/30/15 (5) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - NightMusic77 02:07 pm EDT 10/30/15 (4) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - enoch10 11:47 pm EDT 10/30/15 (2) re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - simbo 06:08 am EST 11/02/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 11:58 pm EDT 10/30/15 re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 02:40 pm EDT 10/30/15 Btw, 'Funny Girl' transfers to the West End April 9 - jesse21 09:59 am EDT 10/30/15 (1) re: Btw, 'Funny Girl' transfers to the West End April 9 - alvy_singer 05:36 pm EDT 10/30/15

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