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Post by Ron Howard Voice on May 9, 2017 21:17:38 GMT -5
Just heard that a local high school is doing an adaptation of "Heathers" and the usual righteous grown-ups are outraged. I haven't seen the movie, but know it has some big fans here. How crazy would a high school drama club doing it be, in your eyes?
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Post by Nudeviking on May 10, 2017 3:27:01 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Grimm on May 10, 2017 7:13:19 GMT -5
Just heard that a local high school is doing an adaptation of "Heathers" and the usual righteous grown-ups are outraged. I haven't seen the movie, but know it has some big fans here. How crazy would a high school drama club doing it be, in your eyes? The protagonists murder a bunch of their fellow students, and are still (mostly) treated as being in the right (or at least cool and justified), if it follows the movie. So, very much by a lot? |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on May 10, 2017 11:00:48 GMT -5
Yea, I watched Heathers for the first time a few months ago thinking it was basically just "80's Mean Girls", which...kind of. But the response wouldn't surprise me because:
a) You wouldn't even get the movie made post-Columbine, much less expect to stage a local school production that retains most of the plot.
b) The language alone seems like it wouldn't fly in most high schools
I'm curious if it's really the high school trying to mount this (in which case, what arts teacher is trying to get their ass fired?) or some student-led thing that got too far down the track trying push the adults buttons before someone got wind of it.
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on May 10, 2017 13:30:02 GMT -5
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Jun 7, 2017 15:38:21 GMT -5
Update. Talked to the theater director at the high school last night. She said that, although the swear words are gone, the high school musical version really does include all the murders, the Drano, etc., there's a song called "I Love My Dead Gay Son," etc. The whole plot is intact.
She said that the school administration, while not necessarily seeking attention for the show or pushing to promote it, is also happy to take credit when it gets praised. She said when they were informed about various plot points, the administration mostly said things like "You're going to do ...what?" instead of "No." The kids, she says, freaking love the show and would do it for years if they could.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jun 11, 2017 2:21:13 GMT -5
It still sounds kinda crazy. It is amazing to me that a school could stage a show where a couple of high school kids murder a bunch of their classmates. I mean, with the frame that they were justified in killing them.
Texas is weird!
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Jun 12, 2017 22:11:29 GMT -5
'nother update. Article about the show got posted. The high school is upset because the article reports that the original movie contained the F word.
Texas IS weird!
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Post by Ben Grimm on Jun 13, 2017 10:18:08 GMT -5
'nother update. Article about the show got posted. The high school is upset because the article reports that the original movie contained the F word. Texas IS weird! "All that murder is fine, as long as no one says 'fuck.'" |
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Post by fab on Aug 26, 2017 22:59:55 GMT -5
'nother update. Article about the show got posted. The high school is upset because the article reports that the original movie contained the F word. Texas IS weird! that's awesome. I didn't realize there was a musical adaptation. it's one of my favourite movies, and I'm sure it'd be a riot as a live performance. |
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Post by ahsokatano on Aug 27, 2017 16:10:52 GMT -5
'nother update. Article about the show got posted. The high school is upset because the article reports that the original movie contained the F word. Texas IS weird! that's awesome. I didn't realize there was a musical adaptation. it's one of my favourite movies, and I'm sure it'd be a riot as a live performance. The musical is great, and thankfully breathes its own life into the story instead of copying the movie word for word. The songs are catchy, too. That being said, I imagine gutting all the polarizing bits (except for, you know, the whole murder thing) would make it a bit flaccid. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 10:43:08 GMT -5
You know what, I completely forgot to post this here.
Oy.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Sept 9, 2017 23:23:53 GMT -5
Need a downvote option for that trailer. Ugh
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 23:45:12 GMT -5
Need a downvote option for that trailer. Ugh Mea culpa, here is a palette cleanser: |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Oct 10, 2017 6:35:35 GMT -5
I grew up with the movie (watched it at least a dozen times in high school). My daughter loves the musical.
It's very.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2018 13:56:38 GMT -5
triggered, libs?  ...But seriously, what's the point of this? Who's this for? Fans of the movie and musical are just gonna avoid this shit like the plague, so I guess that leaves people who agree with the aggressively anti-SJW and affirmative action satire, but are they really going out of their way to watch Heathers? Even if you go with the byline that it's for a right-wing audience, you're still left with a story about two white people that kill the big bad minority bullies. Look, i get Eli Roth's Death Wish. I hate it, but I get it. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? |
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Post by fab on Jan 31, 2018 9:54:19 GMT -5
Look, i get Eli Roth's Death Wish. I hate it, but I get it. Who the hell thought this was a good idea? whenever that thought occurs to me, I just assume the answer is too much money and a pile of cocaine. |
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Post by Celebith on Feb 17, 2018 19:02:09 GMT -5
'nother update. Article about the show got posted. The high school is upset because the article reports that the original movie contained the F word. Texas IS weird! "All that murder is fine, as long as no one says 'fuck.'" THE AVCLUB AMERICA: "All that murder is fine, as long as no one says 'fuck.'" |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 21:29:39 GMT -5
 Also, apparently the pilot's already out. |
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