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re: Minimal? Not true.
Last Edit: KingSpeed 02:09 am EDT 03/21/22
Posted by: KingSpeed 02:04 am EDT 03/21/22
In reply to: re: Minimal? Not true. - scoot1er 10:39 pm EDT 03/20/22

Initially, you said the only change was the addition of 2 songs. You have yet to respond to the fact that 3 songs were cut. When THREE songs are cut, the book by definition is changed. Not a lecture. Just a fact.

My mistake. “Sitting Pretty” was also cut. That’s 4 songs. Wait- was “Why Should I Wake Up” cut too? Now we’re talking about a dramatically different show!
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Let me tie this together
Last Edit: KingSpeed 02:54 am EDT 03/21/22
Posted by: KingSpeed 02:53 am EDT 03/21/22
In reply to: re: Minimal? Not true. - KingSpeed 02:04 am EDT 03/21/22

The argument being made about Billy Porter and Encores was if you “hate” a show in its original form, write your own show. I added Cabaret to the discussion because the revival made radical changes to the show. Should Sam Mendes have written his own show? I disagree. I’m not big on rewriting shows, especially ones I love, but I give Porter credit for taking a risk with a show that is never done. And obviously Mendes was commercially successful.

I did not like the Cabaret revival because the original version means a lot to me for many reasons.
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You're neglecting a very important factor re CABARET...
Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 11:54 am EDT 03/21/22
In reply to: Let me tie this together - KingSpeed 02:53 am EDT 03/21/22

...all three writers were very much alive at the time and able to participate in the rewrites.

Seth, who'll never stand in the way of someone rewriting their own work even when he disagrees with the changes
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