Going to see Wicked-

innerSpaceman · 06-23-2009, 10:31 AM

I don't think the writing style of the book was great by any stretch, but the musical basically chucked the entire story and just left the barest set-up as its entire plot.

This wouldn't have been so bad if I perceived barely anything happening in the 2nd act, but was pretty baren of plot. I love the songs, the costumes, the characters ... but I hate that it's a tenth of the story instead of the customary musical adaptation of maybe half the story.

I hate it even more because reading the book is such a dreadful chore. It would have been nice to have the musical be a reasonable re-telling of the interesting story. But that's emphatically NOT the case.

Good songs though.

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 10:52 AM

I have to agree on the play vs the book, I hadn't read the book before seeing the play either time, Lash and Stoat were oh you have to read the book, so we did....and I had a HARD time 'getting into the book' because it's so dark and far from the play 'storyline' I finally had to put it down and 'walk away' from it for a week and get my head into a 'it's only the same title with a few overlaping character names to be able to go back and really engage in the story presented in the book(s) the books are so much darker it's hard to describe but if you can seperate the two then you'll enjoy both.

06-23-2009, 10:31 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't think the writing style of the book was great by any stretch, but the musical basically chucked the entire story and just left the barest set-up as its entire plot. This wouldn't have been so bad if I perceived barely anything happening in the 2nd act, but was pretty baren of plot. I love the songs, the costumes, the characters ... but I hate that it's a tenth of the story instead of the customary musical adaptation of maybe half the story. I hate it even more because reading the book is such a dreadful chore. It would have been nice to have the musical be a reasonable re-telling of the interesting story. But that's emphatically NOT the case. Good songs though.
	Submit to Quotes

06-23-2009, 10:52 AM	#2
~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	I have to agree on the play vs the book, I hadn't read the book before seeing the play either time, Lash and Stoat were oh you have to read the book, so we did....and I had a HARD time 'getting into the book' because it's so dark and far from the play 'storyline' I finally had to put it down and 'walk away' from it for a week and get my head into a 'it's only the same title with a few overlaping character names to be able to go back and really engage in the story presented in the book(s) the books are so much darker it's hard to describe but if you can seperate the two then you'll enjoy both. __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
	Submit to Quotes