Theatrical Adaptation

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I really enjoyed “Chicago” I had never seen it before but I really like the music and had heard it in the green room of my theatre before. It was not as disturbing “Cabaret” but like Cabaret the gruesome nature was part of what made it appealing it also had a similar dance style. It was not as entertaining to me however because well it had the car wreck nature it stayed moderately on the face of things rather then dealing with the truly disturbing nature. Yes it showed the capacity to kill lie lust and greed for but no where on the level of Cabaret. Whereas Cabaret was very scary because you were aware that the Nazi’s were rising It was also more sexually gruesome. Therefore I saw it as a tamer more sugar coated version I found both plays difficult to imagine on stage but particularly Chicago. I couldn’t visualize the jail scenes switch the variety acts. My inability to imagine made the film that much more interesting and made me want to see the show that much more because of the adaptations.

posted by artpoet @ 4:36 AM