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The 'Musicals Suck' Thread
vgaer:
Um, the reason the title is in French is because it was a French play. It's not French for no reason.
And have fun with that! The book is simply boring, overwrought with details, full of totally unnecessary description, and really just tedious. The musical is a much better way of taking in the wonderful story than reading several novels' worth of worthless descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and other such insignificant (as far as the actual story) events.
greenMonkey:
Rent is really one of the musicals that I despise.
As is Les Mis.
I do, however, approve of extended sexual metaphors when they are successfully deployed in full force. Bravo sir!
rancidhooligan:
So, all the songs and dialogue in Les Miserables is in French? Now I know I'm not seeing it. I can watch a lot of things with subtitles but not musicals.
Anime, yes. Hong Kong action flims, yes. Musicals, no.
vgaer:
No, no, no! The original book was in French then translated. The book was then made into a French musical which has now been made into an English musical. So, if you go to West End or Broadway to see Les Mis, you'll get an English musical. If you go to France, you'll get it French. Obviously.
Muppet King:
Rent is the biggest pile of trash since Cats. It's one thing to adapt a piece of art to a musical, but it's another thing to butcher said artwork that wasn't very good to begin with. La Boheme is the worst opera Puccini ever did.
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