Comments on: Who needs reel theatre? http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/01/critical-comment-who-needs-reel-theatre/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: choonseAftefs http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/01/critical-comment-who-needs-reel-theatre/#comment-5212 choonseAftefs Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:45:08 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/01/critical-comment-who-needs-reel-theatre/#comment-5212 Catherine instictively took ignore of her britney spears flashing photographers at the magnum and pulled it up slowly, intimidating her sweet, little pussy! Catherine instictively took ignore of her britney spears flashing photographers at the magnum and pulled it up slowly, intimidating her sweet, little pussy!

]]> By: Charlie Walton http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/01/critical-comment-who-needs-reel-theatre/#comment-208 Charlie Walton Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:51:25 +0000 http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2007/10/01/critical-comment-who-needs-reel-theatre/#comment-208 I am very disappointed and confused at your opinion expressed in your Blog: Who needs reel theatre? Far from being ‘lazy’ and ‘parasitic’, surely all artists and those working in the arts are heavily influenced by their environment and surrounding culture. It makes no difference if inspiration comes from film, television, literature or paintings. What does matters is whether it is good art or not, whether it challenges, enlightens or entertains? In recent years the acclaimed play Festen was a direct adaptation from the film The Celebration and countless musicals such as Billy Elliot, which received rapturous reviews have come either directly from films or have been heavily influenced by them. Other great musicals adapted from or inspired by films are: The Producers, The Lion king, The King and I, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sunset Boulevard, Gigi, Forty-Second Street, Carnival, A Little Night Music, Sweet Charity and more recently Legally Blond, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein. You could also look at successful Musicals inspired by great music such as Crazy for You or even maybe Mama Mia! So surely we must judge any art, whether theatre, film, music or dance not on its inspirations but on the work itself. Long may a good story, from wherever it may come, inspire creative people to want to tell it, in whatever form that takes. I am very disappointed and confused at your opinion expressed in your Blog: Who needs reel theatre?
Far from being ‘lazy’ and ‘parasitic’, surely all artists and those working in the arts are heavily influenced by their environment and surrounding culture. It makes no difference if inspiration comes from film, television, literature or paintings. What does matters is whether it is good art or not, whether it challenges, enlightens or entertains?

In recent years the acclaimed play Festen was a direct adaptation from the film The Celebration and countless musicals such as Billy Elliot, which received rapturous reviews have come either directly from films or have been heavily influenced by them.
Other great musicals adapted from or inspired by films are:
The Producers, The Lion king, The King and I, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sunset Boulevard, Gigi, Forty-Second Street, Carnival, A Little Night Music, Sweet Charity and more recently Legally Blond, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein.
You could also look at successful Musicals inspired by great music such as Crazy for You or even maybe Mama Mia!

So surely we must judge any art, whether theatre, film, music or dance not on its inspirations but on the work itself.

Long may a good story, from wherever it may come, inspire creative people to want to tell it, in whatever form that takes.

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