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| Last Edit: Delvino 07:55 am EST 01/25/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:51 am EST 01/25/18 | |
| In reply to: Feels a bit tone deaf for today... - Chazwaza 11:43 pm EST 01/24/18 | |
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| Agreed. And another basic industry issue: if the film is updated to the present, it will make no sense. When the movie was made, there were at least 11 soaps, most in NYC. Now, none in NY, and the ones that remain are hanging on by a thread, on the west coast, and not a viable career option. Soaps were a NYC-centric piece of the biz when stage actors could get well paying roles. Many short term contracts were lucrative, and even stars played 6-9 month gigs. That is all over. So Michael's efforts to land this juicy part on a GH type of show that's in NYC won't work today. And if it's set in the 80s, will we be subjected to a lot of Wedding Singer trappings, big hair, shoulder pads, etc.? Maybe an 80s musical about soaps will be fun. I don't know. This feels at least 15 years late. The movie was already off about one major plot point: live broadcasts. They were over in the 80s. A few shows tried them as stunts, but it's not a viable option. So there's that, too. But soaps on stage -- I don't see the musical in it. Haven't they tried to make "Soap" into a show? It's inferior to "Tootsie," but still. If it must be, at least make it like, say, the Diane Wiest role on "Law and Order." |
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