If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... "Pocahontas"?
If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... "Pocahontas"?
jacobsnchz14
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#1If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... "Pocahontas"?
Posted: 4/16/07 at 10:30pmI think that it would be a great idea. But... what would they do about Grandmother Willow, the talking tree? lol
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#2re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/16/07 at 10:38pm
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=920974
3 whole pages! lol
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jacobsnchz14
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#2re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/16/07 at 10:40pmsorry. :)
#3re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:09am
No.
Hercules.
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#4re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:10amWhat about...NO.
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#5re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:28am
Nah we don't need it. I love Pocahontas (yes it's been PCified and isn't accurate--so what? I dunno that argument never stuck with me), it's one o fmy fave Disneys ever but to me a huge part of the appeal is the gorgeously stylized art and colours of the animation which would be lost. The score is often gorgeous and I think underappreciated (I loved how critics called it unhummable...)
But I agree with most--there's nothign really to be gained from adapting such a slight story to the stage and making ti longer and thougth out int he typical Disney Theatrical way. I'd rather it was on Broadway than Tarzan I suppose but
#6re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:37amI love Pocahontas, I think that would be a great idea.
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#7re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:45amIt's all about Hercules.
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"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
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#8re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 12:52amActually I never thought about it beofre but Her4cules could be *great* on stage as long as they didn't try to be too faithful to the cartoon. It is infinetly more theatrical than the other Disney/Menken comedy Aladdin
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#9re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:14amI want to see Mulan put on!
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#10re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:15am
Grandmother Willow would be the least of the problems. The finale I think would be harder to replicate with the same sense of scale.
And how about Der Glockner? I'd love to see that.
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#11re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:17am
HELL YES DER GLOCKNER!
Drew Sarich on Broadway in a leading role, f*** yeah!
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#12re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 8:10amEverytime I saw Dreamgirls, the movie, and saw them singing in those blue dresses with their hair up, I always thought of Hercules. I mentioned it to my sister while watching it with her and she totally agreed that it reminded her of Hercules, and she's not even a Disney fan.
#13re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:06am
Hahaa... then eden could repise the role she played at disneyland.
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#14re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:27amNo thanks. I'd rather see Hercules or Aladdin staged next.
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#15re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:46amDefinitely Hercules.
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#16re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 10:52amThere would'nt really be a need for a talking tree. Just have her as an old lady shaman type of person who sits under the willow tree with her little fire and all that. was watching Woman in White the other day on an unmentonable and i think some how that projection idea can be incorporated nicely with Pocahontas.
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#17re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 11:19am^ nice run-on sentence. try using punctuation so we can understand you.
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#18re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 11:23am
HUNCHBACK is the only real choice.....
I still miss the awesome abbreviated version they used at MGM Studios for a while - quite possibly the best theme park show - EVER!
But let's not rush this whole "let's get another Disney mess on a Broadway stage thing" until we recover from the most recent two......! They still have a few things to figure out!
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#19re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 1:51pmNo, the next musical should be Sleeping Beauty!
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#20re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 4:13pmMy vote would be Hercules. I saw Glöckner and it would be great with an entirely new set. Projections and blocks get really really boring when you've seen pretty much everything the show will do in the first 15 minutes. But the new songs were gorgeous.
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#21re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 5:03pm
Does it disturb anyone else that we discuss Disney musicals in terms of replaceable parts?
"If one were to close"
"They should do ___________ next"
"Of all their movies, they need to do _________"
"The only one left that they can do . . ."
"It would be hard to pull off _________"
Yeah, that's art!
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#22re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 7:13pmI think that the most powerful part of Pocahontas is the music. The storyline itself is ridiculous--for example, Pocahontas learns English by "listening to her heart" while leaves and dust swirl around magically. It's hard to take seriously. If it were to be put on Broadway, there would need to be some major modifications to the storyline... Honestly, the only humor in the entire thing is provided by a comic relief raccoon.
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#23re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 7:31pmActually that's one thing I like about it--the cute animal sidekicks are thankfully quiet and at a minimum--the comic relief baddie and his bumbling servant are uneeded at all really--they don't do much to add to the conflict of the piece
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#24re: If Another Disney Musical were to Close, what about... 'Pocahontas'?
Posted: 4/17/07 at 9:45pm
the comic relief baddie and his bumbling servant are uneeded at all really--they don't do much to add to the conflict of the piece
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Are you referring to Ratcliffe? Doesn't he exacerbate conditions between the groups and provoke a war? Seems conflicty to me.
I despise the Disney Pocahontas. Altering history to make a more exciting film, or to help the flow of plot is fine, (I love Man on the Moon, for example,) but that movie just bends history over and butthumps it.
