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I'm sure you could do a very scary take on Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder version) as well.
You mean it isn't already scary?
There's no earthly way of showing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining?
Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
You mean it isn't already scary?
Yeah. Just like Audition. You big fraidy cat!
No, it's creepy. Totally different vibe.
You're right. Creepy doesn't equal scary. Now, scary are those damn Flying Monkeys!!
meooooowwww
I'm sure you could do a very scary take on Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder version) as well.
The Oompa-Loompas from that movie still creep me out.
The thing I love about the Scary Mary trailer is that the Disney movie made Mary Poppins into a much friendlier character than she is in the books themselves. In the books she's cold, distant, and all this freaky (but cool) stuff happens around her. Whenever the kids try and ask her about what's happened, she gets angry with them.
t insert my usual "I want Tim Burton to re-make Mary Poppins" burbling here
Neil Gaiman literally just talked about Mary Poppins and the books in his blog today.
Jilli, will you try to see the musical if it tours? I've read that it's much much darker than the movie, even though the same songs are used. It follows the book more closely.
Jilli, will you try to see the musical if it tours?
Hell yes.
I've read that it's much much darker than the movie, even though the same songs are used. It follows the book more closely.
This makes me want to see it even more!
Me too.
Well, the guy who has the rights to the books, a descendent of Travers, I believe, refused to give Disney rights if they were going to just do the movie on stage. Finally, the new playwright said, "Look! Darkness! She's not that nice!" and the descendent said, "Ok."
Me too.
Even though I have a hyuuuuuge amount of affection for the movie musical just because I was small and pretty much imprinted on it as my Platonic Ideal of what a musical was, bad Cockney accent and American Robin and all.
There's way more than enough richness in the original material to support alternative (and more faithful) takes. Did you know the author was a founding member of the Golden Dawn?