Bill_Calhoun
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Differences?I recently got into thinking; what are the differences between the movie and the stage versions? I have only seen the movie, so... I am pretty uncultured as far as the show goes!
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OneSongGlory
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There are a lot.
-The choreography is a bit different.
-They took out most of the four parts of the montage; they kept Nothing, shortened Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen to barely anything, removed Mother, and removed Gimme the Ball
-They added Surprise
-They changed Judy's name from Judy Turner to Judy Monroe
-Zach has no assistant in the show
-Cassie sings What I Did For Love as a love ballad about her/Zach in the movie; in the show, it's originally sung by Diana (then joined by the company), and is a song about the love of dance
-Sing! is taken out
-And... is taken out
-A lot of the characters' backstories are either added to or taken from because of the removal of so many of the songs
-Mike grabs Richie and they do a two-person tap combo for a little while in the movie; in the show, this doesn't happen
-Music and the Mirror is replaced with Let Me Dance For You
-In the show, Cassie arrives towards the beginning of the audition and is on the line with the other dancers for most of the show; in the movie, she doesn't actually get on the line until after Paul's monologue
-They turn the Bows song in the show into more of a closing number for the dancers on the line; in the show, also, the cut dancers come out to dance in the Bows, and they don't in One (in the movie).
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crluvalotbear
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| OneSongGlory wrote: |
-Zach has no assistant in the show
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who do you think larry is supposed to be?
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Quique
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Larry is Zach's assistant in the stage version.
The movie is the worst piece of junk I have EVER seen. Please distance yourself far, far from it. Ugh!!!
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what_the_heck013
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| Quique wrote: | | The movie is the worst piece of junk I have EVER seen. Please distance yourself far, far from it. Ugh!!! |
AMEN! I really want a good version done.
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crluvalotbear
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the thing is, i don't think a GOOD movie version can be done of a chorus line...it's so simplistic with sets/costumes/etc. i think it's made for the Broadway stage and should PERMANENTLY remain there.
the only "movie" of a chorus line that i would watch would be a direct video taping-- like the one of Cats that came out.
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mantarnia
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| crluvalotbear wrote: | | OneSongGlory wrote: |
-Zach has no assistant in the show
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who do you think larry is supposed to be? |
The assistent we are talking about is the girl who zach sends to tell cassie to go away. This is the person who is not in the show.
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musicandthemirror
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| Quique wrote: | Larry is Zach's assistant in the stage version.
The movie is the worst piece of junk I have EVER seen. Please distance yourself far, far from it. Ugh!!! |
AMEN.
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