| re: misconceptions about Les Mis in 1980 |
| Posted by: jo 08:24 pm EST 11/18/22 |
| In reply to: re: misconceptions about Les Mis in 1980 - dlh 03:33 pm EST 11/18/22 |
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Merci bien!
Good to see how the original show was presented at Palais des Sports.
The original Valjean seemed more like the embodiment of the hero in the literary gem by Victor Hugo. Strong and forceful personality. This was baritone Maurice Barrier.
If there were gaps in the storytelling - maybe it was thought unnecessary because LES MISERABLES must have been required reading in school in France!
I have read the book and it does have such a complete portrait of life in France in that period of time...as well as a more complete portrait of the major characters.
Also, the film adaptation seemed to have incorporated many other passages which the 1985 English version decided to miss ( such as the flight to Paris and how they landed in the convent where Cosette spent her growing-up years, explaining why she grew up gently-raised and where Valjean hid in anonymity from Javert as a gardener ( he was once a tree -cutter in an earlier life).
Jackman did portray the stronger & more forceful persona of Valjean! The Crowe seeming indecision of Javert was also likely derived from the characterization in the book.
The novel and the show and the film endure - because it is the embodiment of human conditions in many places throughout time.
The English version allowed many audiences to appreciate Hugo's eternal story of humanity. |
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