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The musical should NOT be about Prince, but about The Kid. Avoid making this a bio pic featuring a fake Prince. Make it about the characters but with Prince music of course. Come up with surprising orchestration. If you’ve seen Cory Henry channel Prince in his Purple Rain tribute without mimicking the man in any way, you know what I mean. I have seen good imitations of Prince, but they always end up singing in Uncanny Valley. I have spoken. 😁 "In Funk We Thrust" - Bootsy Collins |
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I think this is a good way to play it as it doesn't necessarily need to be a Prince lookalike/soundalike - the Kid is a character in its own right, so could in theory be played by anyone |
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LOSTPASSWORDMAN said: What will they change the masturbating lyric to? "Educating with a magazine" ?? Reading interviews in a magazine |
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I thnik this could be great - and could attract a whole new audience to Prince. Cheesy storyline, great music, some underlying familiarity with the songs - if done right, this could be a huge smash hit on Broadway... not sure about the Lake Minetonka scene but hey |
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It's not a zero sum game. We can get both. |
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This will be good. Broadway is a lot of fun, and the production is impressive these days. Can't wait to see the casting of Morris, Apollonia, Billy sparks and of course the Kid. |
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Londell: Hey! Next year is 2024! Spicer: Yeah, we should do something to ruin the 40th of 'Purple Rain' hahaha. Londell: You mean, like, change the script 'n' make it all woke 'n' shit??? Spicer: Got-dayem!!! That's IT!!! Then we'll put on the wokest stage of them all!!! hahahahahahahahahahah FTS "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" |
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Doing puzzles in a magazine. She said how'd you like to eat some tofu and I could not resist when I saw little Nikki do Sudoku. . To me this seems dumb as a box of rocks and I am dreading the morning news commercials with some wannabe doing the ow. if it was just a dream, call me a dreamer 2 | |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Casting The Time might be more tricky than the Kid! . And I wonder if they’ll use original Prince music, with a new actor singing live, or create more “theatrical” versions of all the songs!? . Either way… sounds like a bad idea!  |
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They should definately use ALL the stuff left out, leave the original movie alone and call it something else without Prince's name involved "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" |
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dualboot said: LOSTPASSWORDMAN said: What will they change the masturbating lyric to? "Educating with a magazine" ?? Reading interviews in a magazine Nobody reads or buys magazines anymore, So change it to, I knew a girl named Nikki I guess you could say she was a sex fiend I met her in a hotel lobby Fapping off to an internet fanzine There may or may not be something coming! |
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"Updated for a modern audience"? | |
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see,that's the thing....I don't want them to "update" things too much.The original movie and story took place in the 80s.Let's keep it there.
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It cant be exactly the same And it shouldn't be Its dated for one thing, badly dated actually If its just a recreation of the film it would serve no one Im sure the setting will remain the 80s, doesnt mean eveything has to remain the same Ultimately though the film is no masterpiece Its got a few good scenes but the performances are what make it So a reinvention of that story would be no bad thing No one NEEDS to see a woman thrown into a dumpster for instance |
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SoulAlive said:
"Updated for a modern audience"? I thought this was s good idea until I read "the story and characters are being updated for a modern audience". Its not Purple Rain anymore if there's too many unnecessary changes. [Edited 1/9/24 14:55pm] U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
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I remember there was a "what if" thread (here on the org) about this 8 or 9 years ago. This could be interesting. If they could do it with "Saturday Night Fever", then why not "PR"? | |
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MIRvmn1 said: SoulAlive said:
"Updated for a modern audience"? I thought this was s good idea until I read "the story and characters are being updated for a modern audience". It’s not Purple Rain anymore if there's too many unnecessary changes. Exactly. | |
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leecaldon said:
It's not a zero sum game. We can get both. We can and we should, but I have next to zero faith in the guys running this estate. |
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funkbabyandthebabysitters said: It cant be exactly the same And it shouldn't be Its dated for one thing, badly dated actually If its just a recreation of the film it would serve no one Im sure the setting will remain the 80s, doesnt mean eveything has to remain the same Ultimately though the film is no masterpiece Its got a few good scenes but the performances are what make it So a reinvention of that story would be no bad thing No one NEEDS to see a woman thrown into a dumpster for instance but do we really wanna see a watered down version of the Morris Day character? His pimp-like attitude was part of his whole image/persona.Him having Jerome throw that lady in the dumpster was one of the funniest scenes. | |
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Look. As long as they don't take out the verse about period sex from Bloody Mouth, they can censor whatever the hell they want. But that's where I take a stand. |
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SoulAlive said: funkbabyandthebabysitters said: It cant be exactly the same And it shouldn't be Its dated for one thing, badly dated actually If its just a recreation of the film it would serve no one Im sure the setting will remain the 80s, doesnt mean eveything has to remain the same Ultimately though the film is no masterpiece Its got a few good scenes but the performances are what make it So a reinvention of that story would be no bad thing No one NEEDS to see a woman thrown into a dumpster for instance but do we really wanna see a watered down version of the Morris Day character? His pimp-like attitude was part of his whole image/persona.Him having Jerome throw that lady in the dumpster was one of the funniest scenes. We've been over this, but the ENTIRE movie is about the Kid rejecting his father's attitude toward women/his mother. Morris is another example of the misogyny in his life that he must reject to become a better person. This is played out in how he treats Apollonia and Wendy & Lisa. Morris being a dick is an important part of the plot. |
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Tis is quite what I expected for the 40 years PR anniversary. No SDE Edition of the album, but a Broadway show. I don't care about it, I hate musicals
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hopefully we will get some other real Prince releases this year.... Parade Deluxe I am waiting
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. "The book" has a specific meaning in musical theatre. https://www.musicals101.com/book.htm |
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PJMcGee said: Morris being a dick is an important part of the plot. Not sure if Morris got that memo because it was always a part of his stage persona. |
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What a total let down! The Angelsax world love Broadway musicals 'n shit. Me (as a European) don't like it at all. They can't sing, except for too loud singing, and way too ariculated. Worst choice ever to cash-in on Prince's legacy, knowing this; "Don't Play Me!". But, is this a hint for the PR SDE to be the fat goose of this year? Let's hope so... "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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PJMcGee said: SoulAlive said: but do we really wanna see a watered down version of the Morris Day character? His pimp-like attitude was part of his whole image/persona.Him having Jerome throw that lady in the dumpster was one of the funniest scenes. We've been over this, but the ENTIRE movie is about the Kid rejecting his father's attitude toward women/his mother. Morris is another example of the misogyny in his life that he must reject to become a better person. This is played out in how he treats Apollonia and Wendy & Lisa. Morris being a dick is an important part of the plot. I've also seen people claim the movie was homophobic because of Morris using the f-slur, when it was obviously meant to show what an asshole his character was and wasn't actually used against any queer characters as a joke |
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