An Open Letter To The People Behind The Notebook Musical
Dear Producers of “The Notebook: The Musical“,
When the news broke this afternoon that you guys were planning to turn my favorite movie of all time into a musical I had a lot of mixed feelings.
My first thought was that it was some sort of joke.
Then when I figured out that you were serious about it, my reaction was absolute horror. You may have even heard my screams of protest. OH MY GOD, PLEASE NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! STOP IT! SHUT IT DOWN!!! HALT PRODUCTION IMMEDIATELY!!!
I think I speak for all the fans when I ask you why you would ever want to mess with perfection?
The thought of my beautiful Noah doing “jazz hands” or some other atrocious move just makes me shudder with fear.
My head is about to explode when I think about you turning “If You’re A Bird, I’m A Bird” into a song and dance number.
And then there is this pivotal scene.
The scene to end all scenes in the history of scenes.
How on earth can you possibly improve on this or even begin to replicate the romance of that beautiful moment? I’m just not sure where singing and dance moves are going to fit into this kind of passion.
Frankly, I just don’t understand the whole “bust into song at any moment” concept in any musical, but I really can’t see how it will work with this story.
Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m not seeing your vision. Please feel free to enlighten me on how any good will come of this.
As you can tell, I’m not yet on board with this madness. At least not yet.
Maybe after the shock wears off, I may begin to warm up to the idea, but I’m not making any promises.
Sincerely,
A Devoted Notebook Fan
P.S. I’m assuming you already thought of this but just in case it didn’t cross your mind–how about contacting Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling to reprise their roles. I know the odds of this happening is about 6,823,389,824 to 1, but it never hurts to ask. I’m thinking that this is about the only thing that could save this and make it AMAZING!!
P.P.S. This video sums up all the reasons why I love The Notebook so much. Please watch it about a hundred times (like I have).
P. P. P. S. As skeptical as I may be about the prospect of this little project, I can already tell you I will be there opening night. Front row, center. With bells on.
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I agree, I can’t imagine ruining perfection but………I might be a few rows behind you.
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How did I not hear about this?! The Notebook musical? What the heck?! And by that, I mean, please no.
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The image of Noah doing “jazz hands” is not one I can comprehend…
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Oh, this is an absolute travesty! Blasphemy!!
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I could not agree with you more! Thanks for the images from the movie- those two were perfect together! LOVE it!!!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Oh the horrors!
I am with you…you just can’t mess with perfection.
And to remind myself of all the perfect…I watched that little video 101 times.
Just. to. be. sure.
Yup, darn near perfect.
And delicious.
*Noah doing “jazz hands” cracked me up!
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I think they can pull it off. Depending on who is doing the music….but yeah, I love musicals so may be bias.
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ewwww. a musical? really? lol that seems like an … odd… choice for a musical.
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I didn’t think the movie was all that great so I’d have less to zero interest in the musical. But really, why on earth do they have to mess with these things? It’s bad enough that a Phantom of the Opera II is in the works. Leave it alone!
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Maggie Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
And what is wrong with a Phantom of the Opera II? The first was/is spectacular beyond words–and I do not see how II could be as awesome, but there is that possibility.
And, about The Notebook Musical–I think if anyyone can pull it off, Bethany Joy can, and I wish her great success!
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I cannot picture it either… I guess we will have to wait, and of course if I would be living in the states I would be seated next to u, def!
I dont know how they plan to at least make this musical compare to The Notebook… I do love the movie, I do & I just cant picture it being song after song.
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Loved the movie. Is there no imagination left out there that it is necessary to make this into a musical?
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Okay, watched to clip and now I am bawling! Holy crap, how would they capture that in a musical? I didn’t even get that choked up during HSM.
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I am so with you on this one. Even though it is not my FAVORITE (don’t throw stones at me), I just can not imagine the passion of the movie to translate well onto the stage.
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I love that movie and the thought of it being made into a musical makes me want to vomit. That would be a trainwreck
popping by from Kats
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Never seen the movie but I hate it when they turn perfectly good movies into musicals ugh!
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Absolutely not. If they do this to my favorite movie, I will protest broadway forEVER!
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And that’s forEVER like in the Sandlot…. as in FOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVER
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It would be a crime against humanity to let this happen! What are they thinking???
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The Notebook…one of my all time favorite books. Loved the movie, but of course, the book was better. Musical? I’d be right there with you in the front row.
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WHAT?! I was not aware of this. Ugh.
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Oh no! I can’t believe they want to do a musical….eeeeeeekkkk. I’m sorta anti-musical. As you put it, I don’t get the whole bursting into song at any moment. Its sorta tacky.
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I love musicals but they are not an easy thing to get right. Without the original cast I can’t really see it working. And honestly for this type of movie I don’t see it working. If it were a silly movie you can appreciate the randomly busting out into song, but where it’s not a silly movie… there are only so many ways to make that work well. Phantom of the Opera for example – not silly, but the singing makes perfect sense. I don’t see that happening here but I’m intrigued to see what they plan to do with it.
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