tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post644975692803234634..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: The New Spring Awakening AdsPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-67655443281396295502008-05-05T16:48:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:48:00.000-04:00I've just found your blog, and the entries on Spri...I've just found your blog, and the entries on Spring Awakening are quite fascinating. I knew and loved the original play long before the musical came out. The over-hype of the musical only resulted in my disappointment when I finally saw it.<BR/>I felt the changes they made to the plot really took the punch and the very point out of Wedekind's original story.<BR/>I did think the score was pretty damn good, and it was exciting to have that sort of fresh sound on Broadway. But ultimately the production for me was marred by some of its poor scripting and direction.Two Hours Traffichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076773202130580828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-82950514039743094672008-05-04T11:06:00.000-04:002008-05-04T11:06:00.000-04:00If you not only change but totally DESTROY THE MEA...If you not only change but totally DESTROY THE MEANING OF THE ORIGINAL why would you use the title and the names of the characters???????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-80802134239205915112008-05-03T17:41:00.000-04:002008-05-03T17:41:00.000-04:00Well I'm torn, maybe. But I do think it needs to ...Well I'm torn, maybe. But I do think it needs to keep being pointed out how watered down the musical is.<BR/><BR/>In this case, though, it's not even Sater & Sheik I'm faulting. This advertising campaign just takes it to a different and much worse level in minimizing the complicated emotions even the musial acknowledges.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-77029325231553784522008-05-03T04:21:00.000-04:002008-05-03T04:21:00.000-04:00So you've acknowledged Sater/Sheik/Mayer's right t...So you've acknowledged Sater/Sheik/Mayer's right to adapt the Wedekind story as they saw fit, yet seem to blame them for making the sex consensual in the musical. Does it surprise you that a story where the protagonist is a rapist would alienate most mainstream audiences? This is Broadway after all. Be realistic. How long do you think the original Wedekind story would have lasted on Broadway?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Be thankful that Sater and Sheik were able to bring this story to the mainstream in the first place. Because of the musical, hundreds of people have since read the original..Do you really think that Franzen's crappy new translation would have been greenlit had it not been for the success of the musical? Sater et all has done a good job of being faithful to the gut wrenching honesty and anarchistic tendencies of the original, but as he's always said, this adaptation is his own, and should really be viewed as a piece of art on its own merits. In his version, Melchoir and Wendla genuinely have feelings for each other. What's so wrong with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com