To think that this 1980's film, a farcical feminist fantasy, became such a mega-hit. In the original script, three office workers concoct a plot to kidnap their boss, a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" played by Dabney Coleman. Not much has changed except that there are a lot of musical numbers, some terrific staging and creative choreography in between the plot lines. This is of course the precursor to Broadway, so for my money I'd like to see Franklin Hart played less vulgar and more buffoon. That would be funnier. After all, social change hasn't kept pace in politics nor in the workplace.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
9 to 5, what a way to make a musical
To think that this 1980's film, a farcical feminist fantasy, became such a mega-hit. In the original script, three office workers concoct a plot to kidnap their boss, a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" played by Dabney Coleman. Not much has changed except that there are a lot of musical numbers, some terrific staging and creative choreography in between the plot lines. This is of course the precursor to Broadway, so for my money I'd like to see Franklin Hart played less vulgar and more buffoon. That would be funnier. After all, social change hasn't kept pace in politics nor in the workplace.
