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| Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| I saw the Devil Wears Prada during previews and tend to agree with the Tribune review. "Dress Your Way Up" showcasing Javier Munoz (playing the character Stanley Tucci played in the movie) was the highlight of the night for me. It'll be interesting if other reviews agree and what changes are made. |
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| Link | Review: ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ musical opens in Chicago, not yet ready for its runway spotlight |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Variety Review | |
| Posted by: Jackson 05:01 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-devil-wears-prada-2-1200515215/ J |
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| Link | The Devil Wears Prada—Variety |
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| That's the review of the movie from 16 years ago. (NM) | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 05:30 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Variety Review - Jackson 05:01 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Seth, wearing neither blue nor cerulean | |
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| re: That's the review of the movie from 16 years ago. (NM) | |
| Posted by: Jackson 07:04 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: That's the review of the movie from 16 years ago. (NM) - Seth Christenfeld 05:30 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Oops! Hopefully, this is correct: https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/devil-wears-prada-review-musical-1235335985/ |
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| Link | https://variety.com/2022/legit/reviews/devil-wears-prada-review-musical-1235335985/ |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - And The NY Post | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 02:28 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Not as thoughtful as The Tribune, but highly accurate. It perfectly captures the way I felt when I saw the show. | |
| Link | Prada-musical-is-a-haute-mess |
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| And Soloski | |
| Last Edit: Clancy 02:33 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: Clancy 02:32 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - And The NY Post - PlazaBoy 02:28 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| "This is a show that has tried on everything in its closet. Nothing fits." | |
| Link | NYT: An Adaptation That Needs Tailoring |
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| TheaterMania gives 'Prada' musical a dressing-down | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:29 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: And Soloski - Clancy 02:32 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Link | TheaterMania review: 'The Devil Wears Prada' Is a Pleasant But Uninspired Knockoff of the Film |
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| re: TheaterMania gives 'Prada' musical a dressing-down | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 05:02 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: TheaterMania gives 'Prada' musical a dressing-down - WaymanWong 04:29 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| That review feels overly generous to me. "Thoroughly pleasant' felt boring to me. I received a marketing survey from the theater trying to figure out who this show if for. One of the questions was about being gay. I found that amusing. I know that seems like an obvious target audience, but I don't think they should count on it in this case. I think the only viable audience is the infrequent theater going "girls night out" groups. My sense from what I've seen on social media (and the audience when I attended,) is that they may have found it "thoroughly pleasant." |
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| re: This is the same critic who loved PARADISE SQUARE in Chicago. | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 11:24 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Just sayin ... | |
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| Your memory is faulty. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:41 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: This is the same critic who loved PARADISE SQUARE in Chicago. - NewtonUK 11:24 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Seems to be a common problem for you. just sayin'. "But the show has yet to fully find its emotional or its dramatic through-line and, in the first half of Act 2, it wanders seriously adrift, succumbing to its own confusing history of multiple book writers (Christina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Craig Lucas and Larry Kirwan all share credit), an overcomplicated hierarchy of characters, a confused relationship with the music and character of Stephen Foster, lost visual bearings and a consequent dissipation of the requisite dramatic tension. ****Much work has yet to be done. But it will be a worthy task." |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 10:56 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| I haven't seen this, but wow, this seems like an insightful review. | |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Robt 10:35 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| "Damp squid." That's probably my favorite typo (being generous) in a long time. | |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 10:31 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 10:29 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Barrister1132 09:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Consistent with social media reports, the review highlights how underwhelming the songs are for the two women. Single most interesting problem at this point. In some ways the show has the Wicked structural issue; two female co-protagonists (Miranda just is, post Streep stamp even though she functions as an obstacle/adversary). Both have needs and must sing about them. This show seems to want its biggest moments to happen around rather than "from" them. Wicked works in part because we get songs in which two dynamic characters sing both contention and resolution. Obviously, Miranda and Andy don't end up in a "For Good" reconciliation. But doesn't the show need to establish their relationship in strong parallel, musically speaking? I'm intrigued that the Tucci character gets the moment that would rightly fall to Miranda. Yes, I get it, it makes character sense. Nigel's place in the company. But it does not make structural sense. The biggest show stopper about the fashion world -- it's in the material's DNA -- should belong to Miranda. The decision to under-compose her, or to create a role for a lesser singer, seems to come with risks. When you remember the film, you remember Streep's effortless sway over the world being built. In a musical comedy, that cries out for a song that does that job. Thrillingly. Just my two pennies. |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 10:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Delvino 10:29 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| I think part of the problem is that Miranda is not a character who wants to sing. Tevye wants to sing. Glinda and Elphaba both want to sing. Even like, Louise in Gypsy, HAS to sing. Miranda doesn't want to sing. Andy probably doesn't want to either. Not without drastically changing the property. |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: NeoAdamite 06:06 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Ncassidine 10:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Miranda is not a character who wants to sing. Miranda is walking a tightrope 24/7, knowing that the entire world is clamoring to see her fall. Anyone with that much internal pressure has plenty to sing about. |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Last Edit: Singapore/Fling 06:29 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:26 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - NeoAdamite 06:06 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| But that doesn’t mean they want to sing. Miranda’s great moment of pathos in the film is when Andy sees that her private life is a mess, and we see how much it hurts Miranda to be seen in this way. Her greatest fear is being vulnerable, of letting her mask down, of, well, singing. | |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:32 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:24 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - NeoAdamite 06:06 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| I agree. I sense a shortfall in imagination. Miranda has a famous movie-defining monologue on film, a form not known for speechifying, characters expected to show not tell. She runs staff meetings. She expresses herself verbally. We can debate that but it’s a done deal. This is a show needing transformational thinking, not stage duplication of a screenplay with songs inserted, as the smart Theatermania review suggests was the concept. After Pretty Woman, Tootsie, Doubtfire, we expect more. The track record of all three suggests it’s required. |
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| Bingo! | |
| Posted by: Johno60 03:38 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Ncassidine 10:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Miranda doesn’t ‘sing’. | |
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| re: Bingo! | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 03:53 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Bingo! - Johno60 03:38 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| I agree with that observation, but I am surprised that didn't attempt to give her a song that she would sing in private when her guard is down. There's that moment in the film where we see Miranda in her inner sanctum. She seems vulnerable and it's somewhat unsettling. It seems that would be the moment to attempt one good emotional release for Miranda. The lady's obviously got some issues. Isn't there a song in there somewhere? |
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| Last Edit: Unhookthestars 03:48 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: Unhookthestars 03:46 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: Bingo! - Johno60 03:38 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| Maybe she needs a “Liaisons”-type spoken-more-than-sung number, perhaps something similarly witty, nostalgic (“What ever happened to class?”), and matter-of-fact. |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Last Edit: writerkev 11:06 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| Posted by: writerkev 11:05 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - Ncassidine 10:58 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| This puts me in mind of the show I saw this weekend at Arena Stage, “American Prophet,” a bio-musical about Frederick Douglass. In the second act Abraham Lincoln is a character, and he leads big anthem-like, full-company numbers. If ever a character “doesn’t want to sing,” I think it’s Lincoln… |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:34 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - writerkev 11:05 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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| That queen loved to debate and give speeches, I think she very much wants to sing. | |
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| re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 12:01 pm EDT 08/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Devil Wears Prada - Chicago Tribune Review - writerkev 11:05 am EDT 08/08/22 | |
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