The Cinderella story goes back to Aincient times. It's not tied to any particular era. They do stuff like this with Shakespeare all the time as well. No big deal.
How can this be any worse than "Cinderfella" with Jerry Lewis.
Dear Borges,
"The Cinderella story goes back to Aincient times. It's not tied to any particular era. They do stuff like this with Shakespeare all the time as well. No big deal."
Well, it's one thing to want to re-tell the story with one's own storyline, that's fine. The Prokofiev family agrees with that. In fact, they point out that the composer wrote his ballet with a particular storyline in mind.
They just think that Prokofiev's telling of the story should not be so utterly changed, while using his music:
"Prokofiev's family feels very strongly that if you are going to present a new storyline, you should employ one of the many talented new composers to write new music for you."
I think I have to agree with them.
If these folks want a work telling the story of Cinderella in a brothel, let them hire folks to write new music for it.
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