Evita is the third work of Les and Webb's collaboration, and seven Tony Awards were wiped out as soon as it came out. But this drama can hardly find clear video resources at present, in desperation, I have to watch the movie of 1996 to understand the plot.
The result of a musical change to a movie is usually unpleasant. Musical scripts are more important than form, and Tim Rice's plays often use political themes, and consciousness is more important than content. Among them, the richest and coherent plot, suitable for making a movie, is actually "Chess" with a Cold War background. However, the popularity of this drama is not very high, which is a bit regrettable. and
The flimsy plot is a flaw in biographical musicals (and even most musicals), and it is still generally unresolved until now. However, musicals are inherently limited by form, and audiences walk into the theater more for auditory enjoyment. The actors only need to have outstanding voice and singing skills, plus unparalleled music. The plot and story structure are just embellishments. The story of the third-rate novel of "The Phantom of the Opera" (yes, I know its original author is Caston Leroux), was selected as gold by Weber's hand; the plot of "Cat" is even more simple as children's literature A straight line does not prevent it from gaining great praise worldwide. In contrast, Rice's script is already very thoughtful.
But movie audiences are another group with completely different appreciating purposes. They walk into the cinema to get a complete and meaningful story. Most of them don't even care about the music, which runs counter to the original intention of the musical. When they find that the plot of the film is not as rich as expected, and the use of lens and shooting techniques are not amazing, their appreciative desires are not satisfied, and it is easy to lose interest in the whole film. Unable to solve the fatal wound of the plot, the musical adaptation of the film can only attract a very small audience, that is, people who would have entered the theater because of this drama.
Just to cite an example, the role of Che in "Mrs. Veron" is a very important traditional positioning in the drama-this type of role is often isolated from most of the key plots, and its role is to tell, guide and evaluate the development of the story. Sometimes they will express the feelings of the protagonist. There are too many similar examples in European musicals, such as Lucini in Sisi, Mercusio in Juliet and Romeo in Gechalt’s work, and Gringoire in NDDP to a certain extent. position. However, once such a character appears in a movie, it can only make people feel that the film director has failed, because he can't effectively use the necessary characters to express a story clearly.
Looking back on this movie, I think Madonna sings well, but her acting skills are worse. Although I don't know the real Mrs. Veron in history, I feel that Ivyta, played by Madonna in the movie, lacks a kind of calm domineering. Her temperament is indeed more like an actress than a politician or statesman.
Others are not required. After all, you can't use musical standards to require it to sing, nor can you use film standards to require it to sing.
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