any moment big or small is a moment after all...

[orangerful]

You know, I thought I had worked my way through the Into the Woods panic last week, talking myself down and trying to accept the movie version of the musical.

Then I found THIS! (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MUSICAL!)

And now I am raging again because this means some of my favorite songs may be cut or at least drastically altered to fit this new version of the play. Sondheim doesn't sound particularly happy about it, just sort of...begrudging. Like "Yes, I cashed your check already so I'm legally obligated to rewrite my story, better me than you...assholes"

At least I got the DVD from the library.

Comments

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

GOD DAMMIT DISNEY!!

I take back every hopefully optimistic thing I've ever said about you. That won't stop me from going to Star Wars 7, but DAMMIT, Disney!

*shakes fist*

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing whispers that that article overstated things....(hopehopehope)

[airandarkness.livejournal.com]

I don't remember all the details, but I remember reading somewhere that that article wasn't entirely true - for instance, I remember reading somewhere that they are in fact going to have the song 'Any Moment.' But I think it's true they won't be killing Rapunzel. Le sigh. I'm still holding out hope that it will at least be enjoyable, but, we'll see, I guess...

[nagasasu.livejournal.com]

Slightly upset their cutting out the sexual tones of the wolf. Part of what I like so much about the musical is how it brings to the front the not-so-latent things like sex.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I feel like Johnny Depp will just do the wolf song as it's meant to be. Kind of like how he made Jack Sparrow into a non Disney approved character and Disney had to deal. I'm hopeful on that front.

Less hopeful though about the movie. *sigh* Cutting the innuendo makes it what... a normal fairytale for kids? Isn't that pretty much exactly not the point?

Plus I saw Into The Woods as a kid the first time. Innuendo right over my head.