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From: knutsonk@stolaf.UUCP (Kari E. Knutson)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Cuckoos Nest (really films vs. plays)
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 17:06:56 EST
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> I can guess why Ken Keasey refuses to watch the movie.  Compared to the
> play the movie stinks.  I saw a professional production of the play
> about a year before the movie came out.  The play was fantastic.  In
> ...
> the movie was almost nill.  I realize that it usually is better to see
> a live production rather than a filmed one, but the extreme here was too
> much.  

I kind of disagree with this particular comparison between live
and filmed productions. A case in point, at least for me, is the
film of "Jesus Christ Superstar." I saw a stage production in
Liverpool about a year ago, and was sadly disappointed by it. 
Perhaps this is because I saw a less than premium staged version,
or because I saw the film first. I am sure I would have enjoyed the
stage production more in its own right had I seen the original,
but I was < 10 years old in the mid-seventies...
"Jesus Christ Superstar" seems very constrained when seen on the
stage, because of the "openness" of the setting in the film; the
tremendous visual impact depends to a certain extent on the
starkness of the general setting (and the humour, so to speak,
in the sets they created).

Some stage shows I am looking forward to seeing in film form:
    Cats
    Chess
(So I like Time Rice and Andrew LLoyd Webber...:-)

The only other show I have seen in both film and stage form is
"Godspell." In this case, though, I think the film has not changed
my perceptions of the stage shows I saw. (I saw it on stage first)
I was tired and a little bored, though...

-- 

Kari Knutson
...ihnp4!stolaf!knutsonk

When St. Olaf wants my opinion, they'll give it to me.