Word: retold
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...Butterfield of the Times went awry, ironically, in reporting the Maitre plagiarism flap. After the story broke in the Boston Globe, he retold it in a next-day version, more elegantly written and with some fresh reporting. But Butterfield had no reason to doubt the accuracy of the quotes in the Globe. So instead of buying a videotape of Maitre's speech, as the article implied he had, he took the quicker route of plucking the words straight from the daily. He also borrowed the Globe's choices for side-by-side comparisons of passages by Maitre and PBS film...
...into films, TV programs, or cartoons." Therefore, "if a person is still crazy enough to write novels nowadays and wants to protect them, he has to write them in such a way that they cannot be adapted, in other words, in such a way that they cannot be retold." The person to whom he is talking responds, "When I hear you, I just hope that your novel won't turn out to be a bore...
Despite flaws in concept and execution, West Side Story is enjoyable to watch. A capable, energetic cast; Bernstein and Sondheim's classic songs; and excellent production values make this show worth seeing. In the end, audience members will have to decide for themselves whether Eggar should have retold West Side Story with such a modern accent...
...Mackintosh and his colleagues soft-pedal relevance and liken the show to West Side Story, another classic of thwarted love retold in a modern setting. Says director Nicholas Hytner: "This piece has no political sophistication -- operas never do. Music plays to the heart. It asks an audience to understand that every massive world event has an effect on small people." Mackintosh concedes that some 10 minutes have been cut from the London version but rejects claims that the show has been muted politically. "Half of that," he says, "was scene-change music that was no longer needed because this stage...
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. The Jesus story retold in pop pastel colors -- except that Edward, poor gentle creature, nearly gets crucified at Christmastime. Tim Burton (Batman) directs the season's funniest, bittersweetest film...