Comments on: Arthur Laurents Says ‘Gypsy’ With Barbra Streisand No Longer Happening; Tom Hooper Eyed Directing

By: Robert Arditti

Robert Arditti — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:56:37 +0000

I think that B Streisand is the perfect choice for this movie and this role. I grewup loving the show and the original film with Russel but here we have a star that looks great at almost 70 sings better than many half her age and has great comedy to boot. Rose needs to have that or she looses the public because she just becoms brittle like a lot of the brash theatre Queens that have played this role.
You also need sombody who knows how to be seen by a camera and BS knows that in spades. I met Gypsy many years ago at pinewood studios in England when she was advising on a move about a stripper. She came into the commersary to have her lunch and I was sitting alone ans she asked if she could sit at my table, well I was over the moon and we had a very pleasant lunch together. I talked to her about the show and she told me what she thought of it. I remember the one thing that seemed to come out more than any other was that she said her mother loved her girls, and that Rose was never a Diva.
Maybe this is the thing that many that have played this role missed.

By: PalmSprings

PalmSprings — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:56:37 +0000

Streisand really botched Laurents\’ \”The Way We Were,\” so much so that it has become one of the greatest film classics of all time. Because of Streisand, not Laurents — there were extensive rewrites over his protests.

She\’s such a \”novice\” interpreting lyrics that when she urged Sondheim to substantially modify many hits for her, e.g., \’Send in the Clowns,\’ her instincts and exquisite interpretations made all of them part of the American Songbook. Because of Barbra Streisand. Her versions.

SHE is an American Treasure. She can direct, act, sing, and produce. Laurents wants \”Gypsy\” to remain ephemeral? Perhaps he should have allowed this gift — and gone into retirement some time ago.

By: benatnight

benatnight — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:56:37 +0000

Just a bunch of silly queens arguing. Streisand, though perhaps wrong for it, shoud\’ve gotten it. I used to like Laurent and Sondheim (though sometimes Sondheims songs are just \”too preciious\”, like wickedly sugared candy). \”Gypsy\” with Streisand would NOT have been the definitive version, just a different one. Shame on them.