What do you think of this?
What do you think of this?
#1What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/12/17 at 9:51am
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Is it commonplace for this sort of thing to happen? Suppose one of your favorite actors/actresses did something like this...would you think less of them?
Is any author wrong to portray a living person in a work of fiction?
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/12/17 at 10:05am
If what the author claims is spot on, he's right...it won't stand up in court. I'm guessing the theater doesn't have the $$ to fight it.
Do I think less of him? No, but it seems silly. (Again, if the entire truth is being told.)
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#3What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/12/17 at 11:16am
Is any author wrong to portray a living person in a work of fiction?
In the realm of satire, SNL does it pretty much every week. There is a lot to consider when putting words into the mouths of other living people and the first being...why? Why James Franco? How is it satire? If it needed James Franco, why remove the name and leave it blank instead of creating a fictional celebrity? Personally, I think it's all starting to sound rather trite and gimmicky.
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#4What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/12/17 at 11:20am
Of course I don't know the specifics, but how is this different from MATT & BEN?
#5What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/18/17 at 3:41pm
Is there some kind of trend here that I don't know about?
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green waver
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#6What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/18/17 at 3:56pm
I'm just guessing, but do you think our issue with celebrity incorporation stems from the celebity not being sufficiently iconic. For example, if I wrote a one act play about my obsession with Marilyn Monroe, would anyone raise an eyebrow?
#7What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/18/17 at 4:06pm
Even in Miller's misogynistic and cruel takedown play, After the Fall, he had the decency to change Monroe's name to Maggie. I don't see why any play has to center on a living sort-of celebrity, excepting politicians, but these political think pieces are usually rather trite and sophomoric.
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ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#8What do you think of this?
Posted: 7/18/17 at 4:17pm
There's a NYMF show this year, Matthew McConaughey vs. The Devil. I know nothing about it aside from the title, but upon a quick google search, it seems that Matthew is a character in the musical.
Barbra Streisand is portrayed in Buyer & Cellar. The play clearly states that the content is a work of fiction.
While she's not a Hollywood celebrity, Imelda Marcos is at the center of Here Lies Love. She's never seen it but apparently hates it - I don't blame her; she's not portrayed in the best light.
