Post by firefingers on Jun 22, 2021 19:32:12 GMT
I didn't really think the changes added a lot, and in fact in some cases detracted...
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Losing Camila, and thus 'Enough' is a travesty, and there didn't seem to be any reason for it. They essentially nerfed Kevin's character and he lost all of his growth and conflict. I can see what they were going with with moving "Paciencia y Fe" (and it did look stunning) but having her basically singing about how much of her life sucked made it feel like she had died having only very recently found happiness. 'Piragua' without 'Piragua (Reprise)' was just stupid. Just cut both or leave both. Sonny being undocumented I liked though.
Some of the changes meant you had some odd lyrics (resetting Champagne to Abuela's flat, and then singing how you brought the champagne next door...) whilst other lyrics changes felt totally arbitrary.
Losing Camila, and thus 'Enough' is a travesty, and there didn't seem to be any reason for it. They essentially nerfed Kevin's character and he lost all of his growth and conflict. I can see what they were going with with moving "Paciencia y Fe" (and it did look stunning) but having her basically singing about how much of her life sucked made it feel like she had died having only very recently found happiness. 'Piragua' without 'Piragua (Reprise)' was just stupid. Just cut both or leave both. Sonny being undocumented I liked though.
Some of the changes meant you had some odd lyrics (resetting Champagne to Abuela's flat, and then singing how you brought the champagne next door...) whilst other lyrics changes felt totally arbitrary.
I'd give it a 7/10 whilst for me the stage version is a straight 10/10.
I don't know how to spoiler tag, but your point about Piragua would have been solved if you'd stayed till after the credits...!
Gosh I decided I needed a pee so bad I high tailed it out. Ah well.
