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Paramount, Temple Hill Tackling New 'King and I' Musical
Hollywood Reporter ^ | February 12, 2021 | Borys Kit

Posted on 02/14/2021 4:59:20 AM PST by C19fan

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he producers and the studio are hoping to bring a contemporary perspective to the project and incorporate diversity and contrasting worldviews by incorporating real history and the musical into it.

In other words "The Woke and I". Kind and I is one of my favorite musicals. I love all the songs and the story. I saw a revival at Lincoln Center a couple of years ago.

1 posted on 02/14/2021 4:59:20 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

“The Queen and Me.”

The lyrics write themselves.


2 posted on 02/14/2021 5:04:42 AM PST by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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So the “creative” geniuses are copying a previous production. Really shows how creative they are .... losers all. Probably end up as an Amazon woke original.


3 posted on 02/14/2021 5:07:07 AM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: freedumb2003

The Transgender Queen and I.


4 posted on 02/14/2021 5:07:44 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Didn’t they do this with “Anna and The King” starring Chow Yun-Fat and Jodie Foster?

Don’t need to remake it again!


5 posted on 02/14/2021 5:15:16 AM PST by DallasGal (Is wishing someone would die really all that bad?)
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To: C19fan

I look forward to “Lion King” and “Hamilton” Caucasian productions. All in the name of diversity of course.


6 posted on 02/14/2021 5:24:42 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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So how are they going to deal with Siam’s slavery issue that English Anna confronted?


7 posted on 02/14/2021 5:29:15 AM PST by OpusatFR
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Doubt anyone in Hollywood (in front of the camera or behind it) has the talent level to pull this off.


8 posted on 02/14/2021 5:29:19 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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You could always have a white guy do it in black face.


9 posted on 02/14/2021 5:50:43 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Sounds like cultural appropriation.


10 posted on 02/14/2021 5:52:17 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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> So how are they going to deal with Siam’s slavery issue that English Anna confronted? <

I believe they’re going to blame Trump’s great-grandfather for that.


11 posted on 02/14/2021 6:12:12 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Unless they do it as it was written it will just be another box office bomb. (Even if they do it as written it may become a box office bomb. Very few remakes are as good as the original.)


12 posted on 02/14/2021 6:13:59 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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As if anyone in current Hollywood could match this let alone top it. Idiots! And, Yes. It's Ewe Toob.

Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr perform "Shall We Dance" from The King and I

13 posted on 02/14/2021 6:25:51 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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Netflix has already optioned it.


14 posted on 02/14/2021 6:35:34 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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“Netflix has already optioned it.”

That will guarantee a full measure of “wokeness”.


15 posted on 02/14/2021 7:08:41 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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I know, the King of Siam will be black.

Perfect.


16 posted on 02/14/2021 7:30:13 AM PST by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: OpusatFR

Uh, the way they did it the first time?

Spoiler alert, stop here...

After the king dies, his son inherits the throne and begins reforms? That’s not good enough for them?


17 posted on 02/14/2021 7:38:25 AM PST by OKSooner (IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME!! HI SENATOR LANKFORD!!!)
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To: C19fan

Their attempt is pointless. You can’t improve on perfection . . . or upon Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr.


18 posted on 02/14/2021 8:13:00 AM PST by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine I don’t think we need one,)
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Will the King of Siam be the King of Wakandia? 😀 Will the teacher be a homosexual male who will teach sex to the children? People need to know...


19 posted on 02/14/2021 8:42:03 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (We might be DEPLORABLES, but we don't CHEAT like Dem)
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Yul Bryner is the only King in The King and I.

I pretty much expect an all-tranny cast for this. No one will want to watch.


20 posted on 02/14/2021 9:59:34 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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