![]() Yes, I LOVED it, with a few minor quibbles.Īnd today, if I read one more review or online discussion of the new movie of Les Mis which states that the story is about, or takes place in, or culminates in, “the French Revolution”-always meaning the 1789 one with the guillotines and everything, which Les Mis absolutely isn’t about and doesn’t take place in-I think maybe I’ll man the barricades myself and start ranting.Ĭrash course in French history forthwith for all new or potential Les Mis fans! So eventually I became a writer instead, and made a career, of sorts, of my French Revolutionary geekdom, and quietly waited and yearned for someone, anyone, to make a grand, epic, over-the-top film of that grand, epic, over-the-top stage musical.įinally they’ve done it, and (thank heavens) they got it right. I could have played Cosette, but that role was already cast. (I nearly went to the open casting call they held in New York for the part of Eponine, but no, I really didn’t have the right kind of voice. I became a passionate fan of the stage musical back when it opened on Broadway in 1987, when I still had good intentions of going into show business, while already being well on the way to the history nerd and French Revolution geek that I am today. ![]() I’ve always loved the story, since seeing some movie version or other as a child. ![]() I’ll be the first to admit that I am a shameless Les Mis fan. ![]()
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