Don't judge a show by its movie reproduction
Many Broadway shows have been made into movie reproductions, like Chicago, Phantom of the Opera and most recently RENT.
After seeing the Broadway show RENT in 1997, I was stoked to see that it was coming to the big screen. And while the movie was a decent rendition of the stage show it couldn't hold a candle to the live rock opera. This week, after seeing the movie in November I needed my fix of Rent on stage so I went to Chicago's Cadillac Theatre to see Rent.
As I sat there, enjoying the original storyline, music and dancing, I was disturbed by the comments coming from over my shoulder. The show-goers behind me kept talking about how this wasn't like the movie and in the movie they did this and that. Well you know what? It's not the movie, and guess what else, the movie was BASED on this show, not the other way around.
When seeing a show on the stage, keep in mind that there is, well, limited space. It is after all, a stage, not a huge movie set. My advice to those who want to see these shows that were originally stage musicals, not movie musicals: go see the stage version and then the movie. You'll see noticeable differences but I think you'll find that nothing beats a live performance.
And also remember, to "shhhh" when the show starts, whether it is at the movie theater or the staged theater. Thank you for your cooperation.
After seeing the Broadway show RENT in 1997, I was stoked to see that it was coming to the big screen. And while the movie was a decent rendition of the stage show it couldn't hold a candle to the live rock opera. This week, after seeing the movie in November I needed my fix of Rent on stage so I went to Chicago's Cadillac Theatre to see Rent.
As I sat there, enjoying the original storyline, music and dancing, I was disturbed by the comments coming from over my shoulder. The show-goers behind me kept talking about how this wasn't like the movie and in the movie they did this and that. Well you know what? It's not the movie, and guess what else, the movie was BASED on this show, not the other way around.
When seeing a show on the stage, keep in mind that there is, well, limited space. It is after all, a stage, not a huge movie set. My advice to those who want to see these shows that were originally stage musicals, not movie musicals: go see the stage version and then the movie. You'll see noticeable differences but I think you'll find that nothing beats a live performance.
And also remember, to "shhhh" when the show starts, whether it is at the movie theater or the staged theater. Thank you for your cooperation.
posted by JJ Korczyk Photography at 3:27 PM
3 Comments:
Your theatre experience is certainly disconcerting, but I am sorry to say, here to stay. In this fast food-152 channel age, the imagination leg work it takes for someone to take Kierkegaard's 'leap of faith' in a creative sense has been left by the roadside. In it's place, that faith has been usurped by what is easy, and more palatable for the 21st century attention span-the big screen.
The big screen is world where your imagination is supplied and your senses bombarded with exactly the right does (at least when a movie is good) of bullshit, smoke and mirrors.
Certain corners of culture must now resign themselves as niches of a once vast, cultural insurgency that entertained millions for hundreds of years.
I hate to break it to all, but T.V. now reigns supreme, no matter how shallow and veign that rule becomes, we must either endure or simply ingore. Don't worry, everything is cyclical.
MIKE CARROLL OUT!
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