I haven’t seen this film, but I am familiar with the classic original French verse play, written by Stephen Martin.
So I’m wondering why there is a black man, a woman and a hobgoblin on this movie’s poster? Is it too politically incorrect for someone to simply have a five-foot long nose or be French in 2022?
SJW madness.
Why is it that 18 of 20 posts at this link is you posting "how woke is this?". https://moviechat.org/user/61ee60244293dd38d900c513/posts
The universe is going to own you unless you wise up.
I noticed that too. But he might be right on this one… no?
shareThe original play and the film are about an ugly man who is in love with a beautiful woman. In the film the man is even uglier (in the eyes of bigots anyway) so it is harder for him to win the affection of Roxane.
I'm not sure where the OP is going with "original French verse play, written by Stephen Martin" as the original play was written by Rostand.
Was the OP also mad because the film depicted Cyrano in poor health due to hunger and not getting hit on the head with a log? I doubt it.
I think the OP saw a short man and a colored guy on the movie poster; then his dick fell off. :)
Yeah probably. But Cyrano was also a soldier and a fighter… idk about the casting choice. Seems weird.
shareYes, it was different. But Dinklage is a good actor. I haven't seen him in anything else, but he did well in this film. It was good that he displayed more of his panache than his skills as a dueler.
shareYou seem to be forgetting the sequence where he took on about a half dozen swordsman and won... that was complete bullshit for a midget. He might as well have flown up into the heavens and then swooped down on them as it would have been as believable as him walking away from that attack.
shareI did not forget it. A little guy beating an average person is not the same as flying.
shareIt is.
shareIt wasn't just one guy it was a half dozen. I'm beginning to think you didn't even see the damn movie.
shareI did watch the film. I am just willing to believe that a small person is capable of things. You and others have decided that small people are not capable of anything physical.
shareSmall people are capable of a lot of shit but they can't defy reality, and having a 10 or 12 inch short reach in and of itself would be a death sentence in a sword fight. No way around it.
If they had made it a comedy where he just ran around under table jabbing the other guy in the foot and cutting off a big toe or something stupid like that it would have at least had some plausibility but not what he was doing, it was beyond ridiculous.
IRL, even a big strong guy is going down if six blokes come at him at once.
shareI'm not sure where the OP is going with "original French verse play, written by Stephen Martin" as the original play was written by Rostand.
The casting makes it ridiculous. You can't have a midget swordsman that is able to out duel multiple attackers the way they have him doing it in this film.. It is absolutely laughable. Not that some of the musical numbers aren't mediocre at best, but the casting is an absolute joke.
shareI am.
shareIt's because his tiny brain cannot come up with anything original or worthwhile. I just ignore him at this point.
shareBecause there’s been a lot of woke shit past couple of years. Getting tiresome.
shareSteve Martin’s Roxanne was probably woke for its day. It was written by the comedian Steve Martin who started on SNL and also hosted many of the Oscars. Some of my favorites of his were Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Shopgirl. But I would hardly call Roxanne a “classic,” like I would the others. I’m trying to wrap my head around your reference to it as a “classic original French verse play.” It was Americanized; it was a comedy; and it had a different ending. It was definitely not faithful to the “French” version. See 1950 movie - for which Jose Ferrer won an Oscar. Also, see Gerard Depardieu’s movie. You will see that Roxanne is modernized and nothing like the original, and that is why it is called Roxanne because it is a take on Cyrano. I liked Roxanne a lot when it came out. He did a great job and it was upbeat where in reality Cyrano had very sad and melancholic ending. Depardieu’s was my favorite for Cyrano. Ferrer’s is one of the best performances. But Martin’s movie definitely was a departure from the French original and maybe purists during that time didn’t like it either and perceived it to be woke - altered so much that it was deemed implausible.
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