Exactly! Whether or not I like it and whether or not people think it "works", it is definitely time to play with the classics of the genre.
I'm happy to see faithfully- and beautifully-crafted replicas of 1957 and I think that that approach still works. And I don't need tinkerers to come in and rewrite scenes that are "problematic" politically or culturally: I'm smart enough to identify outdated mores and ethics and understand them in context. And when the time comes that nobody can understand that or when nobody is interested in resurrecting the old way, then they'll stop doing it because nobody will come.
But at the same time- having seen van Hove's thoughtful and out-of-the-box work with A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE, ANTIGONE and NETWORK- I am excited to see what he will do and how he tell these seminal stories.
I want to see what he'd do with ANNIE!!! |
