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| Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: RIP Broadway restaurateur Joe Allen - writerkev 03:07 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| After I saw the recent movie version of the Ryan Murphy production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND, I commented in more than one forum that I was sorry one of the lines had been changed to reference Joe Allen (the restaurant) rather than a more high-toned, pretentious restaurant (I think maybe it's Lutece or some place like that in the original script), because the change didn't work in terms of the meaning of the line. I still feel that way, BUT now I guess it doesn't bother me as much, because I think it's sweet that Mr. Allen and the restaurant have been honored in that way :-) | |
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| re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:37 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
| In reply to: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND - Michael_Portantiere 11:35 am EST 02/09/21 | |
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| I agree about both. The challenge was to find a place that is resonant now but that existed then. Ironically the resonant choice also conveyed the wrong connotation. | |
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| re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 09:41 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Joe Allen in THE BOYS IN THE BAND - ryhog 12:37 pm EST 02/09/21 | |
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| "The challenge was to find a place that is resonant now but that existed then. Ironically the resonant choice also conveyed the wrong connotation." Agreed, but as I've said before, there are at least a few high-toned, extremely expensive, very well known Manhattan restaurants existing today that also existed in 1969. They might have changed it to 21 or La Grenouille, to cite only two examples. |
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