| re: Couldn't disagree more with this. | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 06:24 am EST 01/27/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 06:22 am EST 01/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Couldn't disagree more with this. - BigM 08:52 pm EST 01/26/18 | |
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| I agree with you in your first point... I think if Laurents wanted a fresh take, he should definitely not have directed it, he should have championed a new production with Spanish incorporated into the text and lyrics, all Hispanic actor in Hispanic parts, and a new director who is not so close to the show let alone the original production at the very least. But also I do not agree with him that the "only" reason to do West Side Story is if you have a new take. I think any good show, but especially WSS, should be done all the time. Doing the show and letting it speak for itself is usually enough of a "take," and giving a new audience a chance to see it live for the first time, or a familiar audience a chance to relive it in a quality production, is also reason enough. Which isn't to say I don't encourage a fresh take. And I don't think I or Wayman were "turning our noses up" at the white director and screenwriter, we were pointing out that in the current climate of this country it seems like a wasted opportunity to be doing a remake of the movie, which is half about a Hispanic experience, and not get a writer or director with a connection to that culture or experience involved in the major creative roles. Certainly not suggesting just anyone who is hispanic is qualified to do this, but it's also not as if Spielberg has ever done a musical of any kind before, and Kushner is brilliant too and I know he has a great deal of respect and love for musicals, and is a great writer, but he isn't an undeniable choice either since he's written one musical and it was for stage and it was sung-through, so he doesn't actually have experience with dialogue scenes that turn into songs. But hey - there are hardly two more qualified people to direct or write a film, i just hope this is a good match with both of their talents. And for the record I didn't mean they shouldn't or can't do it because they're white, I mean (and I think I said) that I was surprised in 2018 that one of the few hit/classic movies that deal with a Hispanic experience in America is being remade and neither the writer nor director are Hispanic, again, nor are they immigrants. Again, not *necessary*, I'm just surprised by the choice to have both jobs of top creative on this go to white guys. |
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