Now part of me wonders whether or not this is all just a way to cash in on a story with reduced risk, but I've seen some artistic value in portraying a story through two different mediums, specifically through theatre and film. For example,
Chicago. Depending on your personal tastes, this may not be the show/movie for you, but it will serve my example. Based on a 1926 play of the same name, it started off in 1975 as a multi-Tony award nominated musical, revived in 1997 as a multi-Tony award winning musical and subsequently adapted for the big screen in 2002 as a multi-Academy award winning film.
I've seen both the stage and screen versions of this story. In the musical version, the story is told through the lens of a vaudeville show. In the film adaptation, the vaudeville narrative remains, but it is paralleled with the story as you would actually see it in reality. Telling the same story, alternately through the full use of one narrative structure and then splitting it between two different ones, gives the theatrical and film versions different strengths and weaknesses. It's undeniable that there are people who probably would have never heard of the musical if it weren't for the film. And that's applicable for other things too, like books that are made into movies. I guess that the point is, if you have a story that's worth telling and people want to hear it, get it out in the medium that they will access.
I've seen both the stage and screen versions of this story. In the musical version, the story is told through the lens of a vaudeville show. In the film adaptation, the vaudeville narrative remains, but it is paralleled with the story as you would actually see it in reality. Telling the same story, alternately through the full use of one narrative structure and then splitting it between two different ones, gives the theatrical and film versions different strengths and weaknesses. It's undeniable that there are people who probably would have never heard of the musical if it weren't for the film. And that's applicable for other things too, like books that are made into movies. I guess that the point is, if you have a story that's worth telling and people want to hear it, get it out in the medium that they will access. 
Rrrrrrrrr. This film took the Best Picture Oscar from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."
ReplyDeletenever seen the film, but saw the musical....it was very interesting.
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