tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post5436758920466071091..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Les Misérables - eventually!Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-941915088550645652013-01-25T11:55:29.956-06:002013-01-25T11:55:29.956-06:00Thanks for the links, Twilight. I'll take a lo...Thanks for the links, Twilight. I'll take a look. As for Windows 7, my wife has it on her computer and I loathe it. I'm an XP man, and will stick with it as long as I can. Personally, I wouldn't touch Internet Explorer with a bargepole. Firefox, Opera, or - if all else fails - Chrome.R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-72102978558763310762013-01-23T09:06:27.926-06:002013-01-23T09:06:27.926-06:00RJ Adams ~~ Thanks!
I'm glad to have a co-love...RJ Adams ~~ Thanks!<br />I'm glad to have a co-lover of musicals! :-) <br /><br />I have the 25-year anniversary DVD and the 10 year anniversary concert VHS tape and am waiting for a CD set to arrive - the Complete Symphonic Recording (part of husband's b'day prez to moi).<br /><br />I found a message board yesterday devoted to musicals, with a Les Miserables section. There are some real Mes Miz nerds around, bless 'em! Some listen to the show in multiple languages, there's an interesting thread oon all the CDs/DVDs available with copious detail.<br /><br />I'll fish out the link - you <br />might be interested to take a look<br /><br />http://musicals.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=50&sid=6a64ff6eaec6763af0fcb15caf5af1cd<br /><br /><br />General link:<br /><br />http://musicals.net/forums/<br /><br />Pleased to hear your internet connection woes have been solved at last. I'm still struggling with the browser problem. think they're goading me to move from XP to Win 7 or 8 - which I shall do- but in my own good time. ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-90016749702996977762013-01-22T20:27:49.361-06:002013-01-22T20:27:49.361-06:00Glad to hear you're both on the mend. Now, you...Glad to hear you're both on the mend. Now, your video at the end of this piece has reduced me to emotional tears of joy. Like you, musical theatre has always been a great love of mine, though selectively. Cameron Macintosh must surely rate as one of the greatest ever producers of these stage epics and to see and hear all those Jean Valjean's perform was something else. Tears of joy also shed for being physically able to watch it. After eighteen long barren months of what is (laughingly) called "broadband" by the HughesNet satellite criminals, finally we've been hooked up to 25Mb DSL. We can watch video again; something impossible with the previous non-service providers. I look forward to seeing many more of the fine video offerings you display on 'Learning Curve' and over time will delve the archives for those I've wanted to see in the past, only to have them permanently freeze after the first few seconds.<br />PS I'm really not interested in seeing the film (Hollywood usually fails to impress these days) but I have just ordered the 10th anniversary DVD from Amazon. I didn't know it existed.R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-43115569191342791692013-01-22T10:26:47.563-06:002013-01-22T10:26:47.563-06:00mike ~~ I've always been a fan of, and interes...mike ~~ I've always been a fan of, and interested in, all kinds of musicals, flaws and all! :-)<br /><br />I think the attraction to <i>Les Miserables</i> has surviveded through many manglings and well-intentioned variations because, at its heart there's an enduring message of hope.<br /><br />Musical adaptations of novels can be hokey. I didn't care for <i>Oliver</i> - putting a tune to Dickens didn't impress me much. Perhaps it takes French sophistication, and that ol' je ne sais quoi, to pull it off.<br />Elitist critics of Victor Hugo's day, though, derided his novel. Elitist critics always hate anything the masses love. The masses loved Victor Hugo, and something of his appeal continues to shine through <i>Les Miserables</i> and still has power to touch us today, whether in book, stage or film format, a strong magical emotional pull remains.<br /><br />From astrodatabank:<br />"On his (Victor Hugo's) 80th birthday huge crowds gathered at his home and cheered.<br /><br /> The night before his funeral his sarcophagus was placed under the Arc de Triomphe veiled in black crepe. The next day his body was placed on the hearse of the poor and carried through the streets. Crowds were so vast 10,000 police were needed to hold them back. Even people from the countryside came to mourn, brothels were closed and drunken bodies littered the Champs-Elysees. The Pantheon, resting place for National Heroes, was withdrawn from church control so that Hugo could be laid to rest there. He was laid to rest beside Rousseau. <br /><br />http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hugo,_Victor<br /><br />Thanks - yes, we fought the good (if uncomfortable and noisy) fight and won - against whatever virus that was. :-)<br /> <br /><br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-17807975237325151042013-01-22T09:17:09.438-06:002013-01-22T09:17:09.438-06:00I've never been a fan of musical adaptations o...I've never been a fan of musical adaptations of any kind...give it to me straight out of the box. I haven't endeavored reading the book as you have begun, nor have I seen the theatrical presentations by various producers. Why do you think Hugo's novel was adapted for a musical and endured so many remakes?<br /><br />Nice to know that you two defeated the invasion of the body snatchers!mikenoreply@blogger.com