This whole remake/live thing was a bad idea. It was like an awful car crash. Some songs that were not part of the original score were added, and other songs were placed in the wrong order.
Some things that are historically important were glossed over. I do understand that in today's politics, some things are done, BUT this story is supposed to have taken place before the integration of the school system. I had to spend about ten minutes explaining to my child why there was African-American actors in the school in this version but not in the original. I feel that doing this in this TV show actually makes a mistake doing this, in that it feels to me an insult to the struggle required historically to gain integration as example re- writing history.
Here is the spoiler: I was very angered to see that in this version they decided to have Danny win the car race at the end by cheating!
Overall: Too many changes made to the original story and score. The dancing and singing was overall not as good as original. I do not blame the actors in this show (except maybe they would have been smart saying no) I blame the writers, director and producer team.
Leave the classics alone guys! You can never be as good as the original.
Some things that are historically important were glossed over. I do understand that in today's politics, some things are done, BUT this story is supposed to have taken place before the integration of the school system. I had to spend about ten minutes explaining to my child why there was African-American actors in the school in this version but not in the original. I feel that doing this in this TV show actually makes a mistake doing this, in that it feels to me an insult to the struggle required historically to gain integration as example re- writing history.
Here is the spoiler: I was very angered to see that in this version they decided to have Danny win the car race at the end by cheating!
Overall: Too many changes made to the original story and score. The dancing and singing was overall not as good as original. I do not blame the actors in this show (except maybe they would have been smart saying no) I blame the writers, director and producer team.
Leave the classics alone guys! You can never be as good as the original.