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| Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Richard Linklater is directing, using the same real-life shooting timeline he did in BOYHOOD. So does this mean Platt gets his EGOT in 20 years? lol |
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| Link | Merrily |
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| The target audience in 2039??? | |
| Posted by: dbg 10:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| While all the talk of the fascinating project of a Linklater movie version of Merrily being filmed over 20 years, I got to wondering who is going to see it when it finally comes out. Many of us who love the show were around when the actual time period of Merrily was going on. From having been to some of the TB parties, I would say we tend to be an older group in general, and many of us sadly will be reduced to ashes or be underground in 2039. Will the scenes of the Kennedy era, for example, mean much to those who will be in their 20's twenty years from now? I did not see the original Merrily but have been to two wonderful productions, the one at the Menier Chocolate Factory and the one so brilliantly directed by Michael Arden in Beverly Hills with Aaron Lazar and Wayne Brady as Franklin and Charley. Part of the joy of these for me was watching how gifted actors "youthened" over the course of the performance and really made me believe at the end they were enthusiastic teenagers full of dreams for a successful future. Will that same exuberance come through if the film is made starting with the younger years filmed first and then working up to the characters' lives in their forties and edited to show the reverse? I would love to be around to see it but expect not to be here then. Maybe some younger friends will have a party some night in 2040 and show the film and think of me and say, "Don loved Merrily so much. Let's dedicate this showing to him. He would have loved it." |
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| If it can only be appreciated by people who were alive at the time, then it’s not a very good show | |
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| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:47 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: The target audience in 2039??? - dbg 10:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| I guess I have more faith in the material than you do, despite not having been around for the Kennedy administration. | |
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| re: The target audience in 2039??? | |
| Posted by: jconnors 02:34 pm EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: The target audience in 2039??? - dbg 10:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| Every gay man who called their lawyers yesterday to update their DNR orders to grant an exception if the movie is available for screening? | |
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| re: The target audience in 2039??? | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 11:37 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 11:27 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: The target audience in 2039??? - dbg 10:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| The Linklater project really does expand the Memento mori aspect of Sondheim's musical into the lives of its admirers in a personal way. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: jconnors 06:33 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Link | Merrily in Vulture |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 09:46 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 09:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I finally saw BOYHOOD last month. I liked it but I like Linklater's movies and the Texan milieu he builds them around. But I wasn't convinced that the passage of time aspect was successful. I'd like to see it again. I also wonder whether this will make sense in a much more commercial production. The cast of BOYHOOD was basically Linklater's artistic family before the film project started. But it'll be interesting no matter what as every Linklater movie is, in my opinion. I'll definitely see it if I'm still extant. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: BwyDan 06:01 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - singleticket 09:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Last month??? | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: singleticket 11:26 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - BwyDan 06:01 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| Sometimes I move very slowly. | |
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| Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” | |
| Last Edit: T.B._Admin. 09:05 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: Unhookthestars 08:49 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Link to article also tweeted by Platt. | |
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| re: Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 10:40 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” - Unhookthestars 08:49 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Will be amazing if they pull it off. Hopefully, no one dies. | |
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| Two stupid thoughts | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 12:10 pm EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” - KingSpeed 10:40 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I thought, Sondheim will probably not be alive when this is released. Pause. Then I thought, I won't be alive when this is released. Well, I could live to 87 but given my family history, I think not. "But alone is alone, Not alive..." Not that that lyric has anything to do with this. |
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| re: Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” | |
| Posted by: Unhookthestars 10:50 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Hollywood Reporter: “Richard Linklater Musical to Be Filmed Over 20-Year Span” - KingSpeed 10:40 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Especially not the director! | |
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| According Platt’s tweet, he’s playing Charley | |
| Posted by: Unhookthestars 08:44 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| From Ben Platt’s tweet: Also there’s been lots of misinformation in many of these write-ups, so to clarify our dream crew: @Blake_Jenner is Frank Shepard @BeanieFeldstein is Mary Flynn & yours truly is Charley Kringas! (she’s always been a Charley, hunny) |
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| LADY BIRD | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 05:07 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I note, with vast amusement, that Beanie Feldstein played the best friend, Julie, in the movie LADY BIRD. in which the high school staged...wait for it, wait for it....MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. Laura, roasting in LA |
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| So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:07 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| The article says he'll be playing "the lead," and implies that the lead is Franklin Shepard -- but, IMHO, Ben Platt is completely wrong for that role and very, very right for the role of Charley. So I'm hoping it's just that the person who wrote the article doesn't really know the show enough to specify. Thoughts? | |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:33 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - Michael_Portantiere 04:07 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Well-directed, he can play either role in my opinion. | |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:48 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - KingSpeed 04:33 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Well-directed, he can play either role in my opinion." I disagree, but I guess it comes down to one's conception of what "types," if any, are necessary for those roles. To me, Jonathan Groff or Jeremy Jordan as Frank opposite Ben Platt as Charley makes a lot more sense than vice-versa. |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: JLagow (JLagow@aol.com) 09:48 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - Michael_Portantiere 04:48 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I have never seen Jordan on stage, so I can’t comment on him. As far as Groff, based on the A New Brain recording, I see him as a Charley than a Frank. I think Platt could play either. |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: lonlad 06:19 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - Michael_Portantiere 04:48 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Ben Platt would be preposterous as Franklin -- but would be excellent as Charley, and Beanie F is a made-to-order Mary; she even looks faintly the way Annie Morrison did back in the day. | |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 10:32 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - lonlad 06:19 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| How would he be preposterous? Good acting by good actors goes a long way. I remember everyone saying Audra was wrong to play Billie Holliday or that David Hyde Pierce should be Cornelius (lol, some people here posted that), not Horace. | |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:52 pm EDT 09/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - KingSpeed 10:32 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I wouldn't necessarily go quite so far as to say that Ben Platt would be "preposterous" casting as Franklin Shepard, but if he or someone of his type were to be cast in that role, whoever would you get to play Charley? I think there has to be some difference of general type between the two characters, and there is a lot about Charley as written that screams "Ben Platt." I assume the people who said Audra was wrong to play Billie Holliday said that because they couldn't imagine her singing in the style of Billie Holliday, which is in a completely different musical universe as her own voice, and had no idea that she could do that so brilliantly well. And as for David Hyde Pierce as Horace, I said from the beginning that people who objected to his casting were wrong in thinking the role had to be played in a very specific way. |
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| re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:33 pm EDT 09/03/19 | |
| In reply to: re: So, will Ben Platt be playing Franklin Shepard or Charley Kringas? - Michael_Portantiere 06:52 pm EDT 09/02/19 | |
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| Regarding Pierce, I was one of the people who wondered how Pierce would approach the role of Horace, given that it's something completely different from the kinds of roles that we'd seen him in previously (SPAMALOT, CURTAINS, and, of course, FRASIER, amongst others). And for me, he was the real revelation of the production. Everyone else was doing what they do brilliantly...Pierce was doing something new and wonderful and was the tough spine that this production really needed. I continue to marvel at what he did with the line in the last scene where he's responding to Dolly having said that she's found him an ideal wife. I'm paraphrasing here, but the line is something like "I don't want any ideal wife. If I want an ideal wife, I'll go and find one on my own, and I have found her and it's you dammit." Pierce hit that speech fast-talking and argumentative, as his Horace often was, but took a pause (and possibly put a period on the sentence) after the word "you." And then took a moment to realize for the first time what he's actually said before coming out with the last word "Dammit," as though he were trying so hard to not say this exact thing to her and just couldn't help himself. It was so good and so perfect and so in character. Pierce should have had that Tony that he wasn't even nominated for, the one that went to his cast mate, Gavin Creel. Creel was excellent, especially if you like casting leading man types as Cornelius, but he wasn't doing anything, for lack of a better term, special with the part that we hadn't seen from him or others before. |
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| Is Follies next? | |
| Last Edit: andPeggy 04:06 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 04:01 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Film the “ghosts” now and wait 30 years to film the rest ? | |
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| re: Is Follies next? | |
| Posted by: Ann 04:15 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Is Follies next? - andPeggy 04:01 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| But of course Merrily doesn't have the younger characters played by different actors, so the timeline is more problematic (whether to cat young actors playing old, or old actors playing young), one of the consistent challenges of this musical that I love. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: JAllenC3 03:42 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I don't see anything in the article that implies he'll take 20 years to film like he did Boyhood. | |
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| A clearer article in today’s NYT | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 04:38 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - JAllenC3 03:42 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Describes the planned filming process, clarifies casting. Bill, in San Diego |
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| Link | NYT 9/1 story on Merrily film |
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| Posted by: Unhookthestars 06:06 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
| In reply to: A clearer article in today’s NYT - BillEadie 04:38 pm EDT 09/01/19 | |
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| Thanks for posting this, Bill! For those hoping the film will restore elements from the original Broadway production, my condolences. Per the article: Jason Blum, Jonathan Marc Sherman and Mr. Linklater are among the film’s other producers. They are using the latest book as the script, Ms. Sledge said — “the version Sondheim is happiest with.” |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Last Edit: DAW60 04:02 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: DAW60 03:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - JAllenC3 03:42 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| The timeline is in the article. | |
| Link | http://collider.com/richard-linklater-beanie-feldstein-movie/#boyhood |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: JAllenC3 04:07 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I assume you're referring to 'The play takes place over the course of 20 years, and sources say that Linklater plans to stay true to that timeline." which says actually nothing about filming over that timeline just that the movie will still take place over that time. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:10 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Filmmaker Richard Linklater, whose ambitious 2014 film Boyhood spanned the course of 12 years and was nominated for six Oscars, is directing a new multi-year movie that will star Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein, multiple sources tell Collider." | |
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| Last Edit: Ann 04:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: Ann 04:19 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Michael_Portantiere 04:10 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I would wonder why say it's a "multi-year" movie if it isn't related to Boyhood's filming? Many movies have plots that span more than one year. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:26 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 04:19 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| To me, the article makes it quite clear that the movie of MERRILY will be filmed over the course of a number of years, like BOYHOOD, even though it doesn't say that in exactly those words. I suspect that maybe Linklater will not take a full 20 years to film it, but probably at least 10 or 12, to make the characters' aging realistic. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Ann 04:39 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| It's really not necessary, except for being a gimmick. I hear movie makeup is pretty good these days. Not the same as a boy aging into young adulthood, which was important to Boyhood. |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:44 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 04:39 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "It's really not necessary, except for being a gimmick. I hear movie makeup is pretty good these days. Not the same as a boy aging into young adulthood, which was important to Boyhood.: I see your point, and I don't necessarily disagree, but I would say the "gimmick" itself is quite a powerful marketing hook, as it was for BOYHOOD. |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:17 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| It would be a better hook to be able to say the actors got younger over those years, like the characters do. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:56 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "It would be a better hook to be able to say the actors got younger over those years, like the characters do." Ha! Indeed :-) As a friend pointed out, you take a big risk when making a movie over several years, hoping that nothing bad is going to happen to any of the principals. It wasn't exactly the same situation with BOYHOOD, because that was a fictional story and also it was made in chronological order, rather than reverse, so they could have written out any actor who had died (heaven forbid) or become unavailable for some reason. |
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| Posted by: JAllenC3 04:14 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Michael_Portantiere 04:10 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Again, that doesn't say he's filming it over multiple years, just that like Boyhood the film spans multiple years. In the case of Boyhood it spans and was filmed over multiple years, but you're inferring something from the way that the article is written that it doesn't say. | |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:25 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - JAllenC3 04:14 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I mean, you're both right to some extent. The way the article is written implies that it will be filmed over many years, in the same way that "Boyhood" was. Reducing it to "the films spans multiple years" is not true to the spirit of the reference; knowing Linklater's body of work, which has delighted in telling stories that span decades (see also the "Before" trilogy), we have to go out of our way to presume that the way the film spans time will *only* be in the body of the story, rather than the process as well. At the same time, the article does not specify exactly how long the filming will take place, and 20 years seems a notably long time, considering that the only comparable span of time is in the "Before" trilogy, which resulted in three films, rather than one. Considering that Linklater is nearly 60, a 20 year filming span is questionably ambitious, even if we exclude other factors that make banking on 2039 as a good time to release obscure musical movies seem optimistic. |
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| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:22 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Filmmaker Richard Linklater, whose ambitious 2014 film Boyhood spanned the course of 12 years and was nominated for six Oscars, is directing a new multi-year movie that will star Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein...." "The play takes place over the course of 20 years, and sources say that Linklater plans to stay true to that timeline." "Sources say the film is being shot in reverse chronological order, as the play and musical end when the characters are in their mid-20s and just embarking on their entertainment careers." Do you get it yet? |
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| Posted by: JAllenC3 04:25 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Michael_Portantiere 04:22 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Do you get that nothing there actually says he's filming it over the course of 20 years? And technically the show takes place in reverse chronological order so that would imply he's filming from old to young, to film over 20 years he'd be filming in chronological order. This article is so badly written that you can't actually determine what he's planning to do. | |
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| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:42 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Do you get that nothing there actually says he's filming it over the course of 20 years?" No, I do not "get" that. Or, rather, I don't agree. "Sources say the film is being shot in reverse chronological order, as the play and musical end when the characters are in their mid-20s and just embarking on their entertainment careers." It's true that this sentence is confusingly written. Still, it's completely clear that, of course, Linklater will start filming with the scene set on the rooftop in 1957, then move forward to the scenes set later in the '50s, then the scenes in the sixties, and so on and so on. Which is actually chronological order in terms of the passage of time in real life, but reverse order in terms of the way the story is told. To me, the most confusing part of the article is that it says Ben Platt will be playing "the lead," which I guess would have to be considered Franklin Shepard, whereas I strongly suspect he will actually be playing Charley Kringas. |
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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I hope I live to see it. And understand it. | |
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| Linklater is 59 now | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| And will be 79 in 20 years (duh). Sure, there are still some filmmakers making films at that age, but... | |
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| re: Linklater is 59 now | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:38 pm EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: Linklater is 59 now - TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Scorsese is 76. Ridley Scott is 81. Woody Allen is 83. Roman Polanski is 86. Clint Eastwood is 89. There's really no reason for him to presume he won't be working. |
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| "Well I hear" he's done the same thing with Sunday in the Park... | |
| Last Edit: keywslt 05:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: keywslt 05:31 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Linklater is 59 now - TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Act one filming was completed decades ago and they are waiting for Bernadette to age into Marie for Act 2. She's 71 now. In 20 years she'll be 72. |
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| Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I note that the article described Merrily as the "acclaimed Stephen Sondheim musical..." While I agree it's a masterwork and a beautiful one, it has only 16 original performances; so do we now look forward to the "acclaimed" Anyone Can Whistle? (Was it nine days?) And, a bit further afield, from Hal Prince, the "acclaimed" A Doll's Life? (4 days?) Anyway, good on them! A film would be fabulous. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: musicaldirny 04:22 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Candide" is another example of a big flop whose reputation improved with time and revision. "Anyone Can Whistle" is just too dated. The score will always be there, and a handful of songs from "Whistle" will always be performed. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:03 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - musicaldirny 04:22 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
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| Candide ran rather longer than Merrily did, although if you include the Broadway previews of both shows, the difference was only 18 performances. But an important difference is that Candide got generally much better reviews, including raves from several of the major critics. While Merrily's reviews were not quite as thoroughly negative as legend and some books have it, Candide's were unquestionably much better. As with Merrily, legend and some books (including Look, I Made a Hat, where Sondheim described it as "a critical disaster," which is seriously inaccurate) say misleading things about the Candide reviews. The score easily won both for music and lyrics in the Variety poll of New York drama critics. It won three votes in the New York Drama Critics Circle voting for best musical, coming in second, although well behind winner The Most Happy Fella, which got nine votes. (The Most Happy Fella was not competition for Candide in the Variety poll as it had been eligible for that the year before. Back then, the Drama Critics Circle award was given in April, more than a month before the season was officially over. And since the Tonys were usually given earlier still, it all gets very confusing sometimes.) Variety tallied the Candide reviews as "four affirmative, one negative, and two yes-no." Lots of hits have not gotten as good reviews. I hope I'm not being too nitpicky but I think there is a really big difference between Candide and Merrily in terms of their initial critical reception. Anyone Can Whistle actually got several favorable and even rave reviews, but they didn't come from the three critics with the most influence, all of whom seriously panned it. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:37 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| The word acclaimed has nothing to do with the length of the run. | |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 03:43 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Oy. Merrily has reached a much more "acclaimed" status over the years, due to revisions to the piece and a number of high profile productions, and even a documentary on the original production. "Whistle" has not gone there, nor has"A Doll's Life." | |
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| "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: Indavidzopinion 06:45 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - Chromolume 03:43 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| 1.] Reinstate the graduation song, "Behold the Hills of Tomorrow." 2.] Reinstate the Party song, "Rich and Happy." 3.] Do not start the film off by having Gussie blind her husband's mistress with iodine. |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Indavidzopinion 06:45 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Well, if we're going to ask for all of that, then I want the "Cream Of Wheat" lyric back in. ;-) | |
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| "I want it the way that it was" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:24 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I also want them to put back Frank's wonderfully weird lines about how when he sees the word award, he sees it as "a ward. Something you must take care of." Cut early in previews. :) And I'd love to see Frank's brother, who never even made previews (I don't think he made rehearsals) put back. :) And that would mean that they'd have to put back the original Gussie. And, of course, I'd love to see them put back the original Gussie. And the high-school frame. And giving "It's everybody's" back to Mary. And so much else that they cut or changed. |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 10:14 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Oh, Chromolume, that was beyond awesome. I am still laughing. Laura, who agrees completely |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: JLagow (JLagow@aol.com) 09:51 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I want “Now You Know” completed restores to the original lyrics. The music is obviously still wonderful but some of the new lyrics to the song are preposterous. | |
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| One so seldom get what one wants | |
| Posted by: jconnors 07:15 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - JLagow 09:51 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| “One wants to move through life with elegance and grace, blossoming infrequently but with exquisite taste, and perfect timing, like a rare bloom, a zebra orchid... One wants... But one so seldom gets what one wants, does one?” ― Tony Kushner, Angels in America |
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| Fredrika to Madame Armfeldt | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: One so seldom get what one wants - jconnors 07:15 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| "[T]o hope for something too much is childish because what you want so rarely happens." | |
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