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| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:16 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: We can all stream it today on Netflix; is the production's return wise? - showtunetrivia 04:29 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| I've made it to the wedding scene, and I can say that, like, it's not awful. It's very much an aggressively American musical, in that it is bombastic, blunt, and ruthlessly efficient in telling its story (and it expects you to come in knowing the story in order to make sense of it), but some groaners of lyrics aside... it's kind of entertaining in its way. The tunes are mostly pleasant and Christopher Ashley knows how to keep it all moving quickly. I don't think I'd like it if I had paid money, but as a Netflix movie, it's fine to have playing while I work on other stuff. I can see a British person being horrified by this "Evita" manqué and its incredible un-British take on a very British story... but it's a far cry from the "Cats" movie. At the least, I do hope Erin Davie gets a Tony nomination. She helps to elevate the material, and maybe gets the closest to actual British gravitas. |
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