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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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