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re: Come From Away: The Mountain out of a molehill Musical
Posted by: ryhog 12:34 pm EDT 07/07/17
In reply to: re: Come From Away: The Mountain out of a molehill Musical - Michael_Portantiere 11:00 am EDT 07/07/17

There are a million shows, films, books etc about collateral WWII stories. Some are wonderful, some awful and many in between. And naturally, people don't all find the same resonance in them. I think you can apply the same notions to CFA. For me, it was pretty flat-footed on almost every level (book, music, lyric, staging etc) Others found a lot more to enjoy than I did. At its core I thought this was about as deep as a Lifetime movie, and about as well written. Imagine for a moment what Spielberg (someone who has told a lot of small stories on a large canvas) would have done differently here.
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re: Come From Away: The Mountain out of a molehill Musical
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 08:44 pm EDT 07/07/17
In reply to: re: Come From Away: The Mountain out of a molehill Musical - ryhog 12:34 pm EDT 07/07/17

To that end, one of my favorite WWII movies is "A League of Their Own" (which would make for a great musical, actually).

And I have many friends who think of "Die Hard" as a Christmas film (which would actually kind of make for an amazing Ivo Van Hove play, if you sort of picture it the right way).
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Christmas stories.
Posted by: Delvino 09:07 pm EDT 07/07/17
In reply to: re: Come From Away: The Mountain out of a molehill Musical - Singapore/Fling 08:44 pm EDT 07/07/17

I always watch "Lion in Winter" at Christmas. It is, ultimately, a holiday story.
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I knew I liked you!
Posted by: showtunetrivia 09:13 pm EDT 07/07/17
In reply to: Christmas stories. - Delvino 09:07 pm EDT 07/07/17

A great tradition. No "Wonderful Life" here!

Laura
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re: I knew I liked you!
Posted by: ryhog 10:12 pm EDT 07/07/17
In reply to: I knew I liked you! - showtunetrivia 09:13 pm EDT 07/07/17

"For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground. And tell sad stories of the (almost) death of (almost) kings."
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