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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 9, 2017 20:42:37 GMT
My personal favorite novel is The Westing Game, and I could definitely see it work on stage. A lot of the ingenious wordplay would have to be rewritten or cut, but a good writer could make a great standalone adaptation if s/he worked at it.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 9, 2017 22:05:47 GMT
My personal favorite novel is The Westing Game, and I could definitely see it work on stage. A lot of the ingenious wordplay would have to be rewritten or cut, but a good writer could make a great standalone adaptation if s/he worked at it. Who would you cast as sandy?. Anyone, really. It's not a movie in which you need a star, it's a play in which you just get whatever local actors will work for the role. And why Sandy, anyway? His role isn't exactly the biggest or most important. Turtle is the biggest role, with Angela and Grace also being vital to the story. Everyone is just about equally important after that, save for the people that have the smallest roles (Denton Deere, Sun Lin Hoo, Otis Amber, Ed Plum). Even inside of his team, Judge Ford is a more important and bigger role than Sandy. Spoilers for novel (Spoiler tag isn't working, so I'm using rot13): V trg gung Fnaql vf Jrfgvat, ohg pnfgvat n snzbhf npgbe va gung ebyr whfg znxrf vg pyrnere gung lbh'er fhccbfrq gb jngpu uvz, naq pbafvqrevat ubj yvggyr rzcunfvf ur trgf, vg jbhyq or n qrnq tvirnjnl gung ZpFbhguref vf bhe zna. I don't have anyone in mind to play any of the roles, really. They're all normal people that defy movie star casting. Something a play could do to improve upon the source is giving Sun Lin Hoo a bit more stagetime, and changing her infantile thought processes. I understand that Raskin was trying to create initial impressions of every character that were stereotypical just so she could flip those stereotypes on their heads later, but with Madame Hoo she missed the boat. I think Chinese people know who Mickey Mouse is, Ellen. I love the idea that her primary motive for everything she does is to collect money to go home (her exchange with Jake in which she points outside and simply says "China" is pretty damn heartbreaking), but she comes off as mentally challenged in the way she goes about it. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 10, 2017 0:05:31 GMT
Anyone, really. It's not a movie in which you need a star, it's a play in which you just get whatever local actors will work for the role. And why Sandy, anyway? His role isn't exactly the biggest or most important. Turtle is the biggest role, with Angela and Grace also being vital to the story. Everyone is just about equally important after that, save for the people that have the smallest roles (Denton Deere, Sun Lin Hoo, Otis Amber, Ed Plum). Even inside of his team, Judge Ford is a more important and bigger role than Sandy. Spoilers for novel (Spoiler tag isn't working, so I'm using rot13): V trg gung Fnaql vf Jrfgvat, ohg pnfgvat n snzbhf npgbe va gung ebyr whfg znxrf vg pyrnere gung lbh'er fhccbfrq gb jngpu uvz, naq pbafvqrevat ubj yvggyr rzcunfvf ur trgf, vg jbhyq or n qrnq tvirnjnl gung ZpFbhguref vf bhe zna. I don't have anyone in mind to play any of the roles, really. They're all normal people that defy movie star casting. Something a play could do to improve upon the source is giving Sun Lin Hoo a bit more stagetime, and changing her infantile thought processes. I understand that Raskin was trying to create initial impressions of every character that were stereotypical just so she could flip those stereotypes on their heads later, but with Madame Hoo she missed the boat. I think Chinese people know who Mickey Mouse is, Ellen. I love the idea that her primary motive for everything she does is to collect money to go home (her exchange with Jake in which she points outside and simply says "China" is pretty damn heartbreaking), but she comes off as mentally challenged in the way she goes about it. He was a character i really enjoyed honestly. He was cool, but I don't even think I'd put him in the top half. To rank them, I'd probably go like this: 1. Angela Wexler, person  2. Turtle Wexler (by virtue of being awesome) 3. Grace Windsor Wexler 4. Sydelle Pulaski 5. J.J. Ford 6.-13. Otis Amber Flora Baumbach Berthe Erica Crow Doug Hoo James Shin Hoo Alexander "Sandy" McSouthers Theo Theodorakis Jake Wexler 14. D. Denton Deere (easy to forget he even exists, but I like what we see of him) 15. Chris Theodorakis (he's more interesting as his brother's "crutch" than as a character in his own right) 16. Sun Lin Hoo The middle section is made up of excellent, but not drop dead amazing characters like the top 5. As you can tell, Table 8 is definitely my favorite (Sydelle is a hoot and her innocence and goodness is the perfect match for Angela's Stepford depression), and Table 3 is my least favorite because they have so little to do. Heck, Table 1 gets more development and neither of them are even playing.  |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 10, 2017 3:08:15 GMT
He was cool, but I don't even think I'd put him in the top half. To rank them, I'd probably go like this: 1. Angela Wexler, person 2. Turtle Wexler (by virtue of being awesome) 3. Grace Windsor Wexler 4. Sydelle Pulaski 5. J.J. Ford 6.-13. Otis Amber Flora Baumbach Berthe Erica Crow Doug Hoo James Shin Hoo Alexander "Sandy" McSouthers Theo Theodorakis Jake Wexler 14. D. Denton Deere (easy to forget he even exists, but I like what we see of him) 15. Chris Theodorakis (he's more interesting as his brother's "crutch" than as a character in his own right) 16. Sun Lin Hoo The middle section is made up of excellent, but not drop dead amazing characters like the top 5. As you can tell, Table 8 is definitely my favorite (Sydelle is a hoot and her innocence and goodness is the perfect match for Angela's Stepford depression), and Table 3 is my least favorite because they have so little to do. Heck, Table 1 gets more development and neither of them are even playing. I also liked pulaski, interesting man. The interesting thing about Sydelle is that (Rot13) fur jnagf nggragvba naq snzr, jurernf Natryn jbhyq ybir abguvat zber guna gb genqr cynprf naq or yrsg nybar. Ohg va gur raq gurl znxr cresrpg cnegaref, jvgu Flqryyr npghnyyl gerngvat Natryn nf na rdhny vafgrnq bs na bowrpg, naq Natryn va erghea tvirf Flqryyr jung fur penirf: pbzcnavbafuvc. Natryn vf univat fb zhpu sha cynlvat gur tnzr jvgu Flqryyr gung fur svaqf erny rawblzrag bhg bs yvsr (naq tebjf nf n crefba jub vf jvyyvat naq noyr gb fgnaq hc sbe urefrys naq ure cnegare), juvyr ure cnegare svaqf shysvyyzrag va fbzrbar jub qbrfa'g vtaber jung fur unf gb fnl, vfa'g naablrq ol ure bhgynaqvfu fpurzrf, naq fur tebjf nf n crefba nf jryy; yrneavat gb npprcg urefrys vafgrnq bs arrqvat gur inyvqngvba bs bguref. Abar bs guvf jbhyq znggre jvgubhg gur zbfg pbzcyrkyl jevggra punenpgre sebz na rzbgvbany fgnaqcbvag: Tenpr. Tenpr, gur ubeevoyr zbgure. Tenpr, gur vaphenoyr enpvfg. Tenpr, gur frys-nofbeorq, avtu-rivy, fbpvny-pyvzovat perngher gung fb qvfthfgf ure puvyqera, ure uhfonaq, ure cnegare va gur tnzr. Tenpvr Jvaqxybccry Jrkyre, xvpxrq bhg ol ure evpu snzvyl sbe zneelvat n wrj. Tenpr jub fb ybirf Natryn gung fur chfurf ure vagb n zneevntr jvgu n tbbq zna, n evpu zna, gb tvir ure gur unccvarff bs n tbbq snzvyl naq n jrnygul yvsr. Tenpr, jub znxrf hasrryvat, uhegshy pbzzragf nobhg qnza arne rirelbar jub vfa'g juvgr, jub qvfzvffrf gur ntrapl bs ure gjb qnhtugref, arire fgbccvat gb abgvpr ubj pehry ure jbeqf ner. Jvgubhg ure, Ghegyr, Wnxr naq Natryn'f punenpgre nepf jbhyq snyy ncneg. V nofbyhgryl nqber ubj Enfxva raqf gur fgbel sbe Tenpr, arire yrneavat gur reebe bs ure jnlf, arire ernyyl punatvat. Ohg fur'f orpbzr haqrefgnaqnoyr. Gur crbcyr jub ungrq ure orsber unir zbirq ba; zbfg bs gurz unir rira yrnearq gb ybir ure va fcvgr bs ubj haybinoyr fur vf. Vg'f n znfgrejbex bs punenpgre qrirybczrag, cnvagvat ure nf guvf ubeevoyr, frys-vaibyirq jbzna, naq gura punatvat gur jnl jr ybbx ng ure, znxvat hf rzcnguvmr jvgu ure. Fur arire gehyl punatrf, ohg jr'ir punatrq. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 11, 2017 1:54:04 GMT
The interesting thing about Sydelle is that (Rot13) fur jnagf nggragvba naq snzr, jurernf Natryn jbhyq ybir abguvat zber guna gb genqr cynprf naq or yrsg nybar. Ohg va gur raq gurl znxr cresrpg cnegaref, jvgu Flqryyr npghnyyl gerngvat Natryn nf na rdhny vafgrnq bs na bowrpg, naq Natryn va erghea tvirf Flqryyr jung fur penirf: pbzcnavbafuvc. Natryn vf univat fb zhpu sha cynlvat gur tnzr jvgu Flqryyr gung fur svaqf erny rawblzrag bhg bs yvsr (naq tebjf nf n crefba jub vf jvyyvat naq noyr gb fgnaq hc sbe urefrys naq ure cnegare), juvyr ure cnegare svaqf shysvyyzrag va fbzrbar jub qbrfa'g vtaber jung fur unf gb fnl, vfa'g naablrq ol ure bhgynaqvfu fpurzrf, naq fur tebjf nf n crefba nf jryy; yrneavat gb npprcg urefrys vafgrnq bs arrqvat gur inyvqngvba bs bguref.
Abar bs guvf jbhyq znggre jvgubhg gur zbfg pbzcyrkyl jevggra punenpgre sebz na rzbgvbany fgnaqcbvag: Tenpr. Tenpr, gur ubeevoyr zbgure. Tenpr, gur vaphenoyr enpvfg. Tenpr, gur frys-nofbeorq, avtu-rivy, fbpvny-pyvzovat perngher gung fb qvfthfgf ure puvyqera, ure uhfonaq, ure cnegare va gur tnzr. Tenpvr Jvaqxybccry Jrkyre, xvpxrq bhg ol ure evpu snzvyl sbe zneelvat n wrj. Tenpr jub fb ybirf Natryn gung fur chfurf ure vagb n zneevntr jvgu n tbbq zna, n evpu zna, gb tvir ure gur unccvarff bs n tbbq snzvyl naq n jrnygul yvsr. Tenpr, jub znxrf hasrryvat, uhegshy pbzzragf nobhg qnza arne rirelbar jub vfa'g juvgr, jub qvfzvffrf gur ntrapl bs ure gjb qnhtugref, arire fgbccvat gb abgvpr ubj pehry ure jbeqf ner.
Jvgubhg ure, Ghegyr, Wnxr naq Natryn'f punenpgre nepf jbhyq snyy ncneg. V nofbyhgryl nqber ubj Enfxva raqf gur fgbel sbe Tenpr, arire yrneavat gur reebe bs ure jnlf, arire ernyyl punatvat. Ohg fur'f orpbzr haqrefgnaqnoyr. Gur crbcyr jub ungrq ure orsber unir zbirq ba; zbfg bs gurz unir rira yrnearq gb ybir ure va fcvgr bs ubj haybinoyr fur vf. Vg'f n znfgrejbex bs punenpgre qrirybczrag, cnvagvat ure nf guvf ubeevoyr, frys-vaibyirq jbzna, naq gura punatvat gur jnl jr ybbx ng ure, znxvat hf rzcnguvmr jvgu ure. Fur arire gehyl punatrf, ohg jr'ir punatrq.huh?. I'm having trouble with the spoiler tags. I'm doing something wrong, but all I know is that whenever I use spoiler tags, they just don't work. So I'm using ROT13. rot13.com/It's a simple cipher that replaces letters with whatever letter is 13 spaces away in alphabetical order. Just paste the gibberish I typed up there into the top box, then click between the boxes. That should unscramble the gibberish. |
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