"The Music Man"......on ABC tonight 7pm-10pm EST
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Cleo32 said:
He's got to be 40 if he's a day. Albeit, he retains his boyish Ferris Bueleresque looks and charm.
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Cleo32
I haven't watched it yet (I taped it on the VCR)........but I have
a feeling that I will be doing a comparison thing too......I think
that Robert Preston originated the role on Broadway first before
the movie version way back..........
Cleo32 said:
I haven't watched it yet (I taped it on the VCR)........but I have
a feeling that I will be doing a comparison thing too......I think
that Robert Preston originated the role on Broadway first before
the movie version way back..........
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Excellent production. If I had to pick about it, and I will, I would say that they went too far out of their way to not "re-do" the movie, which, in effect, "re-did" the staging, tone, style and some of the casting of the original Broadway show. By throwing away great line readings by the great character actors of the film (Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Buddy Hacket) they underplayed wonderfully, but they also lost something, I think -- a sense of the River City universe created by Meredith Wilson. I didn't feel like Disney's River City existed, lived and breathed, -- Warner's did.
Broderick was fine. Different, but fine. Like one reviewer I read wrote, it's more of a re-imagining of the show, rather than a revival, which is always a welome thing.
I do think, though, it would have been a better film if Broderick and Victor Garber had switched roles.
I was also very much aware of how it was directed at a too brisk pace, aware as they were that the production would have to accomodate commercials which would add nearly 40 minutes to the show. By rushing through moments they lost a lot of moments.
Broderick was fine. Different, but fine. Like one reviewer I read wrote, it's more of a re-imagining of the show, rather than a revival, which is always a welome thing.
I do think, though, it would have been a better film if Broderick and Victor Garber had switched roles.
I was also very much aware of how it was directed at a too brisk pace, aware as they were that the production would have to accomodate commercials which would add nearly 40 minutes to the show. By rushing through moments they lost a lot of moments.
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