Now That I've Written About "Make Way For Tomorrow," I Am Ready To Take A Look At "Into The Woods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                      The news is bad, girls, as I feared.   When I saw the first images of the "Into The Woods" movie, my first thought was it looks like outtakes from "Maleficent."  The second is that none of the music is stressed, which signals to me we are going to get truncated Sondheim.  The magical score of the stage work will be jettisoned for special effects crassness and visual movie magic that looks as fake in this so-called age of technology, while the innovations in the 1939 "Wizard Of Oz" remain as fresh and exciting as ever!

                      Of course, with the Divine MERYL on hand, as the Witch, things cannot be all bad, but I want to hear her sing some of the stage songs.  And what I have seen so far does not emphasize that.  In fact, if you are not a certified Theater Queen, and are coming to the trailer fresh, you may not get that "Into The Woods" is actually a musical!!!!!!!

                       Now, how sad is that, darlings??????????????????

                       Here is the trailer. Obviously, MERYL is the selling point, and her appearances will lift the film from the mundane.  But, once again, Rob Marshall is jettisoning the magic of the musical work for crass movie commercialism.

                       Instead of making ersatz musical films, he should go fuck himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        But, does he have the talent for it??????????????????????