"The entire story presented by the musical is fictional, except that there are characters called Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor, which share names with actual historical figures. The real story seems much more interesting that the fiction, so I wonder why the writers bothered with the fiction at all. "
I often have had the same question about other shows and movies based on real-life people and events. In this case, for instance, why on earth do you suppose that the writers of M&M decided to make Mabel Normand a "waitress from Flatbush" rather than what she actually was, a young model from Staten Island? Is that LESS interesting? |
