I didnt even think about it. It didnt even cross my mind. A wonderful decision if you asked me. Reminded me of the brilliant opening of the South Park movie musical, which I think is one of the best Movie Musicals made in the last 20 years.
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
-Keen on Kean
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
- muscle23ftl
Technically a remake would be anything that revisits an original work, with the same story, same characters, same time period with minor changes...typically for the worse. It is a film adaptation of the musical, yes, but the film is still a remake of the original.
"technically" doesn't really count for much though, does it?
The 88 film was going for a different audience, it was directed with a certain idea in mind, especially when you consider John Waters' cult status, and his other films.
To turn it into a musical at all was the subvert it, which is one of the reasons its so interesting.
And to say that because they share certain traits means they are comparable is to ignore all that is staring you in the face saying "they aren't the same"
and what is starting at you in the face is pretty glaring.
So be "technical" in one hand and sh*t in the other...see which one fills up first, HuskCharmer
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
-Keen on Kean
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual."
- muscle23ftl
That may be where it's not working with you, Husk. You're thinking of it as a remake of the movie (or the play or both), and it's not connecting to, or "reprising," the original material enough for you.
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I mentioned this in my review on my blog, but did anyone else find the movie to be, well, rather chaste? The original film and the musical makes it very clear that there's some serious making out going on between Tracy and Link and between Seaweed and Penny. The girls are in serious lust for those boys, and that felt very missing from the musical film. I don't think Tracy and Link even kiss until the musical film's final number, do they?
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