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The Final Curtain

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A musical version of Gone With the Wind has closed in London after just two months on the West End.

The show, which cost $8 million to put on, has become one of the biggest flops in the history of London's West End.

Plans for a New York production are wisely on hold.

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    1. whoria says – reply to this


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      mariah must've been in it.

    2. Sarah says – reply to this


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      cooool

    3. maddie says – reply to this


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      2nd!

    4. Lois says – reply to this


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      Must have been awful!!

    5. kevin says – reply to this


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      1st

    6. pat says – reply to this


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      that sucks

    7. johnny says – reply to this


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      first

    8. kevin says – reply to this


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      1st i messed up on my name im kevin #5

    9. kevin says – reply to this


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      1st i messed up on my name im kevin #5 so 1st YEEAAHHHH!

    10. bn says – reply to this


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      1

    11. sharlo says – reply to this


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      It's probably too long a show..

    12. kevin says – reply to this


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      I LOVE MY LATIN , SPANISH PEOPLE

    13. 3l$@ says – reply to this


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      frankly my dear i dont give a damn!

    14. penny says – reply to this


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      Rhett only deserves the best…

    15. ffffff says – reply to this


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      Re: bn – Re: kevin – Re: kevin – Re: johnny – Re: kevin – Re: maddie – ok none of you are first and maddie your not 2 you 3 losers

    16. siobha says – reply to this


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      good book and good movie does not equal good musical

    17. Stacey says – reply to this


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      You just cant beat the original movie!

    18. amyy says – reply to this


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      hahaha.

      was lindsay originally cast in it or what?

    19. munch says – reply to this


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      I was thinking of going to see it, guess that's not gonna happen… Ppl these days have a very short attention span & can't concentrate on anything more than 5 mins. Not like the old days…

    20. ANNA N says – reply to this


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      A musical version of Gone With the Wind is a "sacrilege" for this legendary film which happens to be my favorite film of all times.and 2 months seem too much to me.



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      I don't think the Brit's can relate to the South and the whole, "Y'all" thing. Didn't they love the elaborate costumes? I loved GWTW. "Quite Frankly Dear, I Don't Give A Damn!" ~ Rhett Butler

    22. Mandy says – reply to this


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      Has anyone seen the movie "IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES" with little Drew Barrymore? In the movie her loser dad (a movie director) makes a musical version of GONE WITH THE WIND, it flops and he goes broke. Art imitating art imitating art imitating art…. what a fucking stupid idea. LOL!

    23. Mandy says – reply to this


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      Re: Bahama9 – Not to nitpick here, but Vivian Leigh was actually English. So, yah know.

    24. David says – reply to this


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      What a shock, given that DARIUS DANESH was playing Rhett Butler! He is no Rhett Butler!

    25. Scarle says – reply to this


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      The Brits love Gone With The Wind, but nothing can compare to the 1939 movie and the original cast!! The GREATEST movie EVER!!!!!

    26. whatev says – reply to this


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      good, its a stupid and horribly racist book/movie/play anyway

    27. Tina L says – reply to this


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      Uuuh, Vivian Leigh did not have prominent nipples on the original movie poster. nice touch

    28. Nony says – reply to this


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      I went to see it before it premiered and it was too long, a mixture of the book and the film and the actors were too influenced by the characters portrayed by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh and tried too hard to imitate them: Mission Impossible. Ever!!! Having said that, I´m sooooo sad that I kind of liked it. Although non-fans of GWTW would probably have been bored out of their brains



    29. 29

      I'm kind of surprized by that. Gone With The Wind is a classic!

    30. KELLY says – reply to this


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      you know why? because you can't recreate a classic. No one will ever be able to portray Scarlett and Rhett like Leigh and Gable. So don't even try!!

    31. Kelly says – reply to this


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      Re: whatev – First of all, the book was written in the 1920s (during a time when racism was still prominent). But despite that, the books' backdrop is civil war/antebellum Georgia. If you are reading a book in this era and are expecting not to see racism, then you are sadly out of your mind to begin with. Second, even with racial undertones, the book is not about slavery/war/racism/etc. The book is about hope, desperation, and unexpected love when the world around you is falling apart. You just can't put modern society standards on a classic like Gone With the Wind. And if you don't understand that, then you are just as ignorant.

    32. duh says – reply to this


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      They shouldn't have touched this classic.

    33. camryn says – reply to this


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      good roleplay material….

      tee hee

    34. deuce says – reply to this


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      we have tickets for the show june 13th? should we cancel, has anyone seen it?

    35. Eugene says – reply to this


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      I love classic movies… but gone with the wind is horrible……..too long, annoying characters… the idea was good but the movie itself is bad. I wouldnt wanna watch the musical… imagine all the characters singing for over four hours…

    36. Joseph says – reply to this


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      You should actually read the article before you post the news. It hasn't closed yet. It will close on June 14.

    37. jayebi says – reply to this


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      Why would the brits care about our civil war anyway? That was not a smart move, and neither is New York. . . damn yankees. LOL

    38. Marily says – reply to this


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      So sad! Such a good IDEA…but almost impossible to transfer to the musical format, I guess. Maybe this is like Ang Lee's "Hulk" movie and someone will come up with a better script and we'll get another attempt. I hope so!

    39. Rash M says – reply to this


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      "Frankly, Perez, I don't give a damn!" Rash Manly

    40. Rash M says – reply to this


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      The post before mine has sparked a great idea!
      "HULK, THE MUSICAL"! Now watch Broadway
      steal my idea and not give me credit…Rash

    41. Vicki says – reply to this


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      I went to see this in may, and it was not good! i understood why it was 3.5 hours long since the book is very long, as was the movie. I think if they had put this on simply as a play and not a musical it would have been far more successful. At some points it was so hard not to laugh because the songs were so awful!

    42. chloe says – reply to this


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      you cant take a classic almost 4 hour film and expect it to be good on stage….

    43. Mel says – reply to this


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      Um, Tina L. this is the original movie poster so nice try but incorrect.