With Paris We went to see the penultimate of the musical "Footloose "who played extra time at the Palace ( Paris, 9th ) after several performances at the Espace Cardin.
I am a longtime fan of the movie starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer (1984 ). Too young at the time of its release, I've discovered that when I was a teenager. And since this film is part of the list (not exhaustive ) movies I like to see and again without limit!
I am a longtime fan of the movie starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer (1984 ). Too young at the time of its release, I've discovered that when I was a teenager. And since this film is part of the list (not exhaustive ) movies I like to see and again without limit!
So when I heard he had been adapted into a musical, I longed to see, it is shared between the pleasure of seeing the story in a genre that I enjoy as much as the 7th art and skepticism, wondering if the adaptation will be successful.
What's it about? Ren McCormack and his mother Ethel are forced to leave Chicago to settle in the small town of Beaumont, where rock music and dancing have been banned by the Reverend Shaw Moore, who's mission is to preserve Youth of all forms of perversion.
Ren will make every effort to radically change things and to attract the attention of the beautiful Ariel, the daughter of Reverend, he fell in love.
What's it about? Ren McCormack and his mother Ethel are forced to leave Chicago to settle in the small town of Beaumont, where rock music and dancing have been banned by the Reverend Shaw Moore, who's mission is to preserve Youth of all forms of perversion.
Ren will make every effort to radically change things and to attract the attention of the beautiful Ariel, the daughter of Reverend, he fell in love.
© La Parisienne In the end, leaving the show, I felt the 2: pleasure & skepticism. The musical has certainly not been granted all the means deployed to some comedies such as "Mozart" or even "Mamma Mia" but the company has still managed to make a credible show and very alive, despite little practical way and a very simplified setting ( screens in back of the stage and sides animate the various tables and sometimes a little furniture to represent particular inside the house of the pastor or the restaurant's ).
Artists are very comprehensive ( comedy, song and dance ) and we offer a performance rather successful. And the music is performed live by five musicians, equally talented. At intermission, I could not get into the mood and feeling a lack of fluidity throughout. But ultimately, the second part of the show had more pep and I was a little more convinced.
But there was always that little something missing to say that I loved and that I could not get hold of. It is by watching videos found on You Tube that I realized: we were too near the stage! Sometimes it is a pleasure to be near the stage and feel close to the actors but in this case for this kind of show we did not have enough experience to be able to enjoy the show as a whole and c 'is what I missed to fully appreciate Footloose is a shame!
Another downside to me embarrassed and that is important for me: some details were absolutely not representative of the 80s! As among others, walkman headphones of that era were not as big as the helmets that can be seen on the market now, the jeans were closer to the body rather large, accordion-like those worn by the actors !
Another downside to me embarrassed and that is important for me: some details were absolutely not representative of the 80s! As among others, walkman headphones of that era were not as big as the helmets that can be seen on the market now, the jeans were closer to the body rather large, accordion-like those worn by the actors !
Like how about the main actor interpreting Ren ( Arno Diem ) and intonation of his voice were not at all representative This time, let alone the character of the film ( Ren is certainly revolutionary in the city of Beaumont in his thinking but he remains polite and respectful of adults and authorities )! It has probably bothered anyone but me, I was just tickled the ears!
However, I found the actor closest to the film version ( both physically and his game ) was Nicolas Turconi who played Willard brilliantly.
I probably also too many expectations vis-à-vis this show which prevented me from fully immersing myself in the rhythm and history, which is not obvious when we saw the movie a dozen times before!
Despite all these little details, do not believe I did not like ( Le Parisien has appreciated more than me probably because he had no a priori, not having seen film ). In the end, I do not regret having seen " Footloose, the Musical ( especially as we could, at the same time, discover the Palace, a beautiful room, completely redone, with comfortable chairs and enough leg room which is very rarely the case in Parisian theaters! ), who eventually succeeded to adapt an American story but not too distorting it with the French version!
Oh! I just discovered that there was a U.S. remake of the film in theaters planned for the end of the year ... To be continued ...
Despite all these little details, do not believe I did not like ( Le Parisien has appreciated more than me probably because he had no a priori, not having seen film ). In the end, I do not regret having seen " Footloose, the Musical ( especially as we could, at the same time, discover the Palace, a beautiful room, completely redone, with comfortable chairs and enough leg room which is very rarely the case in Parisian theaters! ), who eventually succeeded to adapt an American story but not too distorting it with the French version!
Oh! I just discovered that there was a U.S. remake of the film in theaters planned for the end of the year ... To be continued ...
