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Joel Schumacher ???????

posted 20 years ago by ReelofFortune
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I find it rather interesting that Joel Schumacher wrote this story about blacks living in the ghetto. Is there something I don't know about him?

[–] SGuiliano1064972 19 years ago

Well,

He directed BATMAN FOREVER, BATMAN AND ROBIN and a few well known films he directed to his crdit. I'm like you, this man wrote the script to an all-black movie? I'm suprised myself?

"SG"

[–] doktordaoud 19 years ago

Of course the actors fleshed out the script fully but his detail & feeling conveyed in the story about African-American artists moving forward is commendable. I'm curious about his research & familiarity with the subjects.

[–] papibear 19 years ago

Yeah, you probably also don't know that he wrote the screenplay for "The Wiz" (1978) as well.

[–] OldeSkool 19 years ago

He also wrote CAR WASH and D.C. CAB.

[–] DameDigbyChickenCaesar 19 years ago

Oh Snaps, didn't know that. I am surprised. That's up there with when I found out author James Patterson was a white dude. He writes all those books about Det. Alex Cross and his friends and family who are black. I just knew Patterson was black!

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[–] swngmagic9 19 years ago

Don't forget that there was another writer on the project, Howard Rosenman, who was one of those Jewish guys who grew up in New York and took the subway to see the shows in the ghetto ever since he was old enough to figure out how to sneak out of his parents house. He had and still has a love for that music.

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[–] Woodyanders 19 years ago

I thought Schmacher's trite and uninspired script was the sole weak aspect of an otherwise very good movie; it's basically a tired catalogue of tried'n'true showbiz cliches.

"Warren Oates died for our sins"

[–] xredgarnetx 18 years ago

Jews have an affinity for blacks, although the reverse is not always true. Forgive Schumacher his homoerotic BATMAN flicks and FLATLINERS. He made FALLING DOWN.

[–] robeekay 18 years ago

In the 80s Warner Brothers bought the rights to make the film version of "Dreamgirls." The studio wanted Joel Schumacher to direct it. "Sparkle" is obviously the reason why.

[–] marquise_007 18 years ago

Thank GOD Schumacher didn't get his hands on DREAMGIRLS! Just take a look at the mess he made of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!

[–] Celluloid_Dreamer 18 years ago

Im sorry but I must disagree! Schumacher's direction was the only saving grace of Phantom Of The Opera (besides the lovely Emmy Rossum), the play itself is just not good. But thats my opinion.