that said I really enjoyed the movie, but I ventured to NYC to see the original in 2008
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 June 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link
the biggest change in the movie is that Nina's mother is alive in the stage version and butts heads with Nina's dad a lot and removing her took a lot of that dynamic away
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 June 2021 03:48 (two years ago) link
Yeah, good songs, blah story, too long. Don't know how long the original show is but this felt like they didn't want to cut anything from it (though I see from Neanderthal's comment, they did)
― Vinnie, Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
there were two full-fledged songs cut from it, yet the length was still about the same, weirdly
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
I imagine cutting songs when adapting musicals to screen is done very carefully for fear of risking fan backlash
― Vinnie, Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
one of the songs cut was like a powerful second act song that many people used as like audition pieces/etc. was very surprised.
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:30 (two years ago) link
weirdly, no songs were added, either, which is usually a ploy to become Oscars-eligible for Best Original Song. almost all movie musicals have at least one song added (Hairspray had several)
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/arts/dance/in-the-heights-dance.html
Scott, who comes from the street dance world of Los Angeles and is not Latino, worked with a team of associate choreographers who specialized in a range of styles, including Latin dance, hip-hop, ballet and contemporary dance...His team of associate choreographers is solid: Eddie Torres Jr. for Latin dance, with Princess Serrano as assistant Latin choreographer; Ebony Williams for ballet, contemporary dance, Afro and dancehall; Emilio Dosal, a popper who is versatile in many styles and brings the hip-hop element to the film; and Dana Wilson, who had a hand in everything — like all of the choreographers — but specifically worked with the actors to help them nail the physicality of their characters.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
Above NY Times article is on the dance aspect and not the songs as referenced above
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link