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⌈ Secret Post #4952 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Which musical do you wish had a filmed version?

[philstar22]

I'd like a new version of the King and I that includes some of the songs but also has a more realistic portrayal of the cultural conflict and the ways in which Anna coming from a western culture didn't understand things and didn't always go about things the right way and tried to force western culture on them. Most portrayals of this story so far haven't been particularly nuanced and always take the side of western culture is the right one, Anna forcing her ideas was right and I'd like to see a more nuanced portrayal. Maybe even a portrayal of the actual story of what happened done by someone from that culture.

Re: Which musical do you wish had a filmed version?

[(Anonymous)]

Any Thai involvement is unlikely considering how strict their law is about depictions of royalty - and the banning of (most)versions of this work there in particular... perhaps a more nuanced version might be the bridge needed to inspire a Thai response? Perhaps the creation of expats?
[and I know it's a tiny complaint to have in comparison with all the other things, but while we're fixing the musical could we please rewrite "Shall we dance" in 3 so that it's actually a waltz instead of in four? "one two three AND", indeed.]

Re: Which musical do you wish had a filmed version?

[philstar22]

You are right. And honestly I don't really blame them. I wince every time I watch Anna and the King and the scene where those two lovers (one of the king's wives and her lover) are going to be executed and Anna goes to the king to demand they be set free and he tells her that because she did that now he can't let them go and she gets angry and runs off, and the movie wants us to side with her. Having lived in an Asian culture, face is such a huge thing, not to mention he's the king. She should have asked him in private. Doing it the way she did guaranteed they would be killed, she should have known it, and that was entirely her fault. That's one big example of western vs. eastern culture where that adaption wants us to side wholly with the western character. And yes, killing them was wrong, of course it was. But there were ways of going about helping them. Just, yes, I have lots of feelings about it clearly.

Re: Which musical do you wish had a filmed version?

[(Anonymous)]

And of course, one needs to consider that even whether the incident ever happened is a contested issue.

Re: Which musical do you wish had a filmed version?

[philstar22]

True.