#cindy cendrillon

[atouchofsass]

delightful article honestly. this is exactly what I needed to read after two whiskeys

[cto10121]

european musicals but explained very badly

suicidal empress haunted by monarchic bullshit, also ex-boyfriend death

star-crossed lovers haunted by family feud bullshit, also would-be girlfriend death

people in shitty dystopian society about to be ruled by a right-wing neonazi fascist care a lot about starring in a popular tv show

dancing vampires troll, flirt with vampire hunters

gypsy girl gives a hunchback, a priest, and a soldier massive boners, also urges to deport dancing immigrants 

nameless narrator haunted by husband’s dead wife, also power ballads

suicidal empress’ suicidal son haunted by monarchic bullshit, also power ballads

mozart, but as a rocker haunted by monarchic bullshit and his genius

mozart, but as a rocker haunted by monarchic bullshit and goth!salieri

louis xiv, but in a love monarchic triangle

cinderella, but with irish jig bullshit

the count of monte cristo, but russian

[dontmoviedrama]

The essays I could write on environmental determinism applied to Cindy Cendrillon... The fact that Cindy's mother comes from a tropical island while her dad is from Ireland... how Ricky is from Manchester and Cindy must pretend to be an Arab princess to catch his attention at the ball... Oh the essays

[dontmoviedrama]

Things I liked about Cindy Cendrillon (2002) as a Cinderella adaptation:

Using La Légende de Rose Latulipe as the reason why Cindy must go back home by midnight (or at least that's what I thought they would do with it... but they never mention it again)

The dad being a pilot with a woman in every (air)port. (Before I got English subtitles I thought he was a cruise captain which admittedly I liked even better)

The stepmom being cruel to Cindy because of racism. Another interesting idea that doesn't get explored at all.

Other than that it's really terrible at following Cinderella's plot beats and general vibe. Why would you have an almost engaged guy as the "prince", make his fiancée commit suicide, have Cinderella's secret identity be discovered in the first 10 minutes of act 2 and spend so much time on the stepsisters' love lives? I get why it wasn't that successful.

Still hilarious, but not a good Cinderella adaptation.