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

Posted by: larry13 11:48 am EDT 10/30/15
In reply to: re: Harvey Fierstein on his rewrite of FUNNY GIRL for the Menier production - Michael_Portantiere 10:16 am EDT 10/30/15
My memory of FUNNY GIRL--at least as far as the book--is that the writing just isn't that good, NOT at all that Fanny's life and/or point of view gets swamped by the Follies. So, unless Fierstein is trying to be diplomatic for some reason, that's what he should be cutting and rewriting: lots of poor, soap-opera dialogue. It is possible that some of the problem with the book relates to having the producer and his wife breathing down the neck of the writer to make sure that her precious father--who was also still alive--wasn't shown to be the scum he really was. If Fierstein could be free of that hindrance, that might also be beneficial.


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