Monday, December 31, 2012

Les Mis & The Critics

I tend to pronounce the first "S" in Les Mis,
making me sound like less than a wiz.

I did like the movie. Very moving. I read today that critics often panned the original show for its "earnestness". And reportedly a lot of critics don't like the film for the same reason.

But, audiences are another matter. They mostly don't mind earnestness. That's because they're not deeply cynical, I suppose.

Cynicism tends to destroy
the taste for unalloyed joy.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the play. Want to see the movie, but seeing Django Unchained first.

WCV

John Enright said...

The night we law Les Mis, there were a LOT of people line up to see Django Unchained.