Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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I feel like the Les Miz movie got that show in a way that neither of the recent Sondheim adaptations have. Both Sweeney and ITW drained most of the humor out of two very very funny shows (and as a result neither felt to me like they'd earned their crypoints).
I also thought the ITW production design was lazy as fuck. "The woods are just trees" is not meant to be a suggestion for the location scout.
I just got out. I liked it well enough, and thought the staging of Agony was hysterical. The casting (Depp aside) was quite good, although I missed Bernadette Peters. Emily Blunt was very good.
Definitely missed Agony reprise and No More. The line about your thing about dwarfs/dwarfs are very upsetting is one of my very favorite in any play, so I was sad to lose that.
But my niece and my father both really enjoyed it, without knowing the play, so I can't say it wasn't a success.
Holy crap. Nothing Lasts Forever made in 1984 but never released, is on TCM tonight. The film, by SNL’s Tom Schiller, is definitely worth checking out.
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Suela, it shall remain as a shibboleth among our people, the people of the stage productions.
The teaser for Ant-Man aired during Agent Carter tonight, and...I am NOT feeling it for Ant-Man.
Of course, I was strongly side-eyeing GotG when it was first announced, and that turned out fine. I do like me some Paul Rudd, so there's that. OTOH, Michael Douglas creeps me out, despite my abiding love of Romancing the Stone (shut up Jack Colton 4EVAH).
The only way to make Hank Pym less appealing to me is to have Michael Douglas play him.
Oh, is Douglas supposed to be Pym?
I never liked the character of Ant-Man and I think shrinking is a stupid illogical superpower (no, I have no problem with Banner Hulking out and getting huge). Michael Douglas playing Pym just turns me off more. This is the only Marvel movie I've had zero interest in.
I want a Black Widow movie, preferably with a nice long flashback to when Hawkeye brought her in.
I want to never see Black Widow again without recasting.
I know, I lose, but cast an actress who can do action. She looks silly next to Chris Evans.