i love Divine and this is one of my fave john Waters movies but i just cant imagine john Travolta playing the part of Edna! I know its a totally different film being a musical an all but..Just have to wait and see and ill try to keep an open mind!
..This is who i am...you can like it or not..
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Make your opinions AFTER you see the movie. Don't judge a book by its cover.
shareI said i'll keep an open mind, but as i am not a big fan of Mr. Travolta's i'm not expecting much. I hope he proves me wrong.
..This is who i am...you can like it or not..
I hope you kept that open mind and were able to enjoy the movie musical. I understand readers' loyalty to Divine (who was great in the 1988 movie) and Mr. Fierstein; however, my teenage son and I really thought Travolta was a GAS ! I doubt any of us know if Fierstein even wanted to do the movie...some actors prefer one medium or another...others cross over. Back to Travolta: oh my goodness! He's just so cute sometimes, like a little girl venturing out for the first time, and anyone who couldn't laugh hysterically when he comes out of the dressing room in that pink number and starts doing his song and dance...well...I'm just sorry you couldn't enjoy it. Knowing that he's actually a talented dancer, just made those scenes funnier: how hard was it to learn to follow instead of lead with Walken? how did he make some of those steps look so innocent and childlike? etc. It's agreed that 1988, Broadway, and 2007 were all different, so we have to acknowledge that Travolta's portrayal was different also, and some of us absolutely loved it! Remember: life would be boring if we all agreed.
"I permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him." -- Booker T. Washington
i was on set today with john. i'm just behind him and walken in the scene at the end of the big performance on corny collins where they're all happy because tracy is dancing with a guy... ha ha. anywho, i can say with confidence that john looks great. i was skeptical too. but he's dancing up a storm... the fat suit looks great... he has these golden tassles... i think everyone will really love it.
shareI can't imagine John Travolta in the role of Edna either. Hope he's good at it.
"How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?"
Think their lucky to get an actor as good as Johnny T, no one could possibly be better then Devine, but at least its not like Paulie Shore or Matt Damon being Edna.
shareDivine was the best,but I think it will be fun to see John Travolta play Edna lol.
shareAgreed. I'm a big Travolta fan, but I'm an even bigger Divine fan. I think it's great casting. Michelle Pfeiffer, too.
shareI'm not a Travolta fan. But I'll go see the film anyhow because I loved the original and the recent Broadway show. Travolta's no replacement for Divine, though. What I'm wondering is: Why didn't they cast Harvey Fierstein, who played Edna on Broadway in '02-'03? He was a smash success, so why replace him for the film with Travolta?
I guess I can answer my own question. I suppose the "money boys" in Hollywood wanted a guaranteed "name" like Travolta to ensure its box office success.
Perhaps I won't be seeing this, after all...
We're desperate, get used to it. It's kiss or kill...
divine all the way! travolta was too distracting for me to accept as a woman. the accent he did was awful.
you're wearing fish boots.
FINALLY! Someone agrees that his accent was godawful! I just could not accept him as Edna.
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Definatly!
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Both movies were great and well casted but Divine has the edge over Travolta in my opinion. It sounds petty but Travoltas accent got in the way, he kinda sounded like Dr Evil.
There's room for both movies in my dvd collection though
Divine by far! She's perfect in this film!!
But I would also say I prefer the John Waters-film by far.
On the other hand I cannot quite rule out John Travolta. Even though I didn't like the remake, I thought it was too cute. And I really prefer the John Waters-trash. Still I find Travolta doing a decent job in the remake, just for the sake of treating the carachter with tons of love. That little detail gave extra spice to the remake, which in every other way was boring.
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