New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. It’s a poor man’s Opera, without the magnificent costumes, amazing singing, wonderful special effects and it’s natural atmosphere. Some thoughts on Les Miserables Book vs Musical. Interesting parallels between the roles and portrayals of Eponine-Kim (down to Lea Salonga portraying both and in dirty rags at times) and their similar dynamic with the Marius-Chris/Cosette-Ellen romantic couple, where Marius-Chris are practically clueless in some ways and Cosette-Ellen are presented as vapid or in Ellen’s case frigid (depending on the production) and in any case with less passion and soul and emotion and love for Marius-Chris than Eponine-Kim. I'm not complaining, because in all these productions, Eponine's singing is almost always outstanding relative to their castmates (including Blacklick!). I finally saw Hamilton and I think that surpassed Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Maybe I should have replaced "moral failing" with something about their being inflexible about transgressions of their chosen moral codes regardless of circumstance? Why can't people just say hey these 2 things are good? Cookies help us deliver our Services. I’ve read a few summaries about key plot differences, but nothing as minute, yet interesting, as the change in this situation. One of my favourite musical films is the 1956 The King And I, with the late Yul Brynner and late Deborah Kerr in the lead roles. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Given the recent #metoo movement and the firings of high profile people like Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein for taking advantage of female subordinates sexually, the addition of the Foreman character feels much more applicable to today's society than the book version. It’s not necessarily obvious that you’d always want to change the source material with the times. Hugh Jackman has a weird singing voice that I have no clue if I enjoy or not. The addition of the Foreman as an antagonistic character changes Valjean from someone who failed Fantine through prioritizing the letter over the spirit of the Bible to someone who is blameless but lowkey kind of negligent. what would brian boitano do was objectively the best. For years I've said it was the best musical put to film. The tour I saw definitely played it straight, but eh? The South Park movie as a musical is superior to both Les Miserables and The Greatest Showman. I’d rather watch Bigger Longer and Uncut than Les Mis. Nobody, not even Fantine at that moment, sees this as an injustice. That's definitely a good point. Press J to jump to the feed. Kath Steele touches on this topic in this video here. However, if I had to argue for the change's value, I'd say the foreman might speak to more modern concerns about the vulnerabilities of working class women today than 19th century Catholic morality applied to a workshop. In Victor Hugo's book Eponine is described as being very ugly and is always scheming around. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Cosette's beauty, as I imagine it from the book description, is a subtle, gentle, angelic kind of beauty, not the shining, standout kind, if you know what I mean. More posts from the unpopularopinion community. I guess the question is, do you want to maintain historical accuracy or do you want modern audiences to relate to it better? There's an argument that says this specific element is much more important than others (the first interactions with Thénardier always felt a little against the flow of the show to me) but it was up to the writers to make these adjustments and I guess the ongoing success suggests they were better placed than I to make these decisions! Never seen it on the stage or the film so I have nothing to compare this to. You could even argue that the musical was rather prescient to touch on an issue that wasn't a major public concern back in 1980 when the play was written. However, Hugo described her as "still has the beauty of youth", and after sacrifice, always entered Marius' memory. The rest of them are shit (I'm talking bout cinematic musicals), I personally prefer South Park but I think it is mostly down to preference, Do you mean les Miserables the movie? The BBC are currently airing an adaptation if the novel (non-musical) that you might find interesting. And she is found out by gossip mongers who are only too happy to see a woman's downfall and blow it all out of proportion to the actual facts, nicely mirrored to the way everyone crows over Madeleine's downfall once he is unmasked. Created a more traditional musical theatre “love triangle” this way. What's not to love? Press J to jump to the feed. I’m not sure how long it took them to make this but they make each episode in 6 days. The thought appears to have been that an audience wouldn’t fall in love with grungy homely Eponine as described in the novel, or see her as someone who could potentially win Marius’ affections. I think they wanted a clear bad guy and a clear good guy to appeal to a wider audience. More posts from the lesmiserables community. Your point is exactly why I haven't given the popularised adaptations the time of day. No. The creators of the musical consciously elevated Eponine’s role from one of many supporting characters in the novel to someone with as much stage time and presence as Fantine had in Act I. Cinematic Musicals are a whole new level of shit, though. This is then reflected later in the novel when Javert is, through Valjean, given his own opportunity for change and fails, committing suicide instead. This makes her character much more relatable and makes her death far more emotional.

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