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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Last Edit: keikekaze 04:31 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 04:30 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - JereNYC 10:25 am EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| I also find the idea of Hollywood execs deciding that they absolutely cannot change anything in the Broadway musical that they're adapting to be a bit rich coming from the same Hollywood where they never met a hit they couldn't make changes to for their adaptation. Yes, Hollywood had been cheerfully wrecking Broadway musicals for decades--and critics and the public had been complaining about it for decades. My Fair Lady was not just any old Broadway musical. In 1964, it was considered the Broadway musical, the one to put in a time capsule, the one to take to a desert island, the one to rescue from a burning library--the one. I can't over-stress this point to people who may not have been there at the time. The moviemakers who brought My Fair Lady to the screen were determined to prove that, for once, they could do it right. |
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| re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:00 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - keikekaze 04:30 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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| I agree. I was there at the time (although only 8 years old). From '56 through '64 certainly, My Fair Lady was considered the greatest Broadway musical ever, not to be fucked with, if and when filmed. I just wish they had chosen Minnelli over Cukor as the director. Cukor had never solely directed a "book musical" film. Regarding One Hour with You, the great Lubitsch replaced Cukor, although George continued as his assistant. In A Star Is Born and Les Girls, the songs were all musical numbers, performed diegetically. |
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| CORRECTION -- should read: (although only 8 rears old in '56) (nmi) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:52 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The messy brilliance of the MY FAIR LADY film (VERY LONG!) - BroadwayTonyJ 05:00 pm EDT 04/01/21 | |
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