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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 2, 2020 19:06:36 GMT
I guess this is a movie......I don't know what this is but the original is turning over in its outdated grave/video store.  Acclaimed Broadway cast & director: |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Sept 2, 2020 20:10:16 GMT
You lost me at Ryan Murphy.
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Post by speeders on Sept 2, 2020 20:19:59 GMT
You lost me at Ryan Murphy. Thankfully he's neither directing nor writing this, so the OP is giving him too much credit. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 2, 2020 20:26:17 GMT
I took Ryan Murphy out of the description....let's not speak of him again.  |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 2, 2020 22:09:24 GMT
Really like Friedkin's 1970 film and I was looking forward to this but that trailer looks baaaad and not just because I didn't realize Jim Parsons was playing the Kenneth Nelson part (talk about a downgrade!  ). Quinto looks like the standout, but then he's playing the bitter-Jewish-queen Leonard Frey part and Frey was the standout of the original too. Was interested in this before I saw the Parsons casting or Murphy involvement, but after watching that trailer I'm side-eyeing this thing hard (and not just because of those two things). I don't know if this story makes sense in 2020 anymore, even as a period piece. The self-hating gay narrative is woefully outdated, even regressive. The play/movie had a lot to say in '68/'70 but it's not relevant anymore, and Murphy's shallow pastiche-y aesthetic which is all over that damn trailer isn't going to do it any favors. |
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Post by jakob on Sept 3, 2020 4:16:18 GMT
It’s really tough to get a feel for this trailer because it essentially looks like the play word for word with a different cast. I’ve seen the original film and it’s great but I’m not sure if it really needed to be remade.
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). Quinto looks like the standout, but then he's playing the bitter-Jewish-queen Leonard Frey part and Frey was the standout of the original too.
