| re: that's not what i said |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:36 pm EST 01/26/18 |
| In reply to: re: that's not what i said - Chazwaza 03:00 pm EST 01/26/18 |
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"And I don't know how you can with one breath object to how the book writers/playwrights whose material is largely just taken word for word (not to mention the full creation that is being "adapted") can be excluded from awards for the writing of the movie, and that song writers of the musical being made don't get anything unless they've written a new song specific for the movie version of the musical they wrote get excluded from awards for the writing of the movie... but in another breath you say that you do not think a song written for the stage musical being made into a film should be eligible for best song. I just don't get this logic one bit."
That's an excellent question -- and honestly, I do not have a good answer for you. Of course, the Oscars do have separate categories for original screenplay and screenplays adapted from other media. On the one hand, I don't think it's right that (for example) Arthur Laurents and Edward Albee didn't somehow respectively share the Oscar nominations that Ernest Lehman got for WEST SIDE STORY and VIRGINIA WOOLF. But, on the other hand, and at the same time, I think it would very weird if (to use another example) any of the songs that were written for FOLLIES should be deemed eligible for a "Best Song" Oscar when and if a film version of that is ever made (as opposed, of course, to the video of the National Theatre production). |
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