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⌈ Secret Post #2189 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly.

From the top of my head, I can only think of Starmania, La Légende de Jimmy and Notre-Dame de Paris as really big hits (La Légende de Jimmy, a bit less, but it is still remembered today, I doubt others like the musical Romeo and Juliet will be in thirty years, or at least, not as much). Except for a few exceptions, musicals really are seen as Mozart l'Opéra Rock: outrageous costumes, rather bland pop music, and dancers writhing around. You've nailed it.

Regarding the Hunchback, I can't remember what was said of the film when it was released. Apparently, from what i could gather, people knew it was Disney and weren't surprised, even though they lamented a bit over the easy happy ending. I enjoyed it though, but I'm a bit bitter by the fact that Frollo was made into a judge and not a priest when he was actually both. But I suppose leaving his profession ambiguous was a way of avoiding a backlash the kind of which Disney would still be hearing about even today.

And yes, there's not other word for musical except "comédie musicale" although sometimes people use "musical play" to avoid the "comedy" label.

Thank you for your advice! I'll try to see the film if I can find the time. I've heard Anne Hathaway's rendition of I Dreamed a Dream and she sure packed a punch!

[tenlittlebullets]

I really like Hunchback as long as I think of it as something Disney came up with, not as an adaptation of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Frollo being a judge rather than a priest is a strange artefact of American culture: our first major screen version was produced in an era (I want to say the 1930s, but I'm not sure) where the industry practiced strict moral censorship of films, and even after the standards loosened up, subsequent adaptations modelled themselves on the first one and certain changes became ingrained. I don't know whether Disney would've changed Frollo's profession if this tradition didn't exist, but as things stand, if they had made him a priest it would've been a deliberate break from tradition towards something more scandalous.

*g* I'm not sure I would describe the music in Mozart l'Opéra Rock as "bland" so much as "way too catchy." I've never even seen the damn thing and I can still go around for days with Tatoue-Moi stuck in my head.

[(Anonymous)]

Tatoue-moi sur tes seins, fais-le du bout de meeeeeees lèvres...

I see what you mean. If asked, I wouldn't be able to name one song from Mozart l'Opéra Rock, but I instantly had the chorus in my head when you mentioned the song.

Have you heard the Les Rois du Monde song from Roméo et Juliette? Ridiculously catchy, and my friends and me can't stop thinking about it when we walk side by side (the official video is largely responsible for this, and unintentionally hilarious).

(and yes, exactly to all of your other points!)

[tenlittlebullets]

Yup. No idea what the show's even about, except that maybe someone thought Amadeus would be even better if you reimagined it as an 18th-century Velvet Goldmine, but it has so many earworms that I just know I'm going to spend the rest of today singing "Je! voue! mes nuits! à l'assassymphonie, aux requieeeeeeems" under my breath.

Haven't heard anything from Roméo et Juliette, although I've heard of it. I'll have to look up the video when I get home, because the unintentionally-hilarious music videos that introduced me to Mozart l'Opéra Rock are amazing. Though probably not in the way the creators intended them to be.

[(Anonymous)]

Just looked up the synopsis for Mozart, l'Opéra Rock. It's apparently a retelling of his life.I would never have guessed! To me it looked like a love story between Mozart and a woman, with leather, bondage and lots of eyeliner.

Will you tell me when you manage to watch the Roméo et Juliette "Les Rois du Monde" video? :D