can we have like a full rant on bbc Les mis
of course you can. im on my computer and ready to fucking yell lets do this
let’s start with some positive stuff before the negative, just so y’all know im not just hating on it 100%. i will watch it, and i don’t think the actors are at fault. i think @enjolryas said it best in this post here about the actors (specifically about grantaire’s actor) improving the show for Davies. if the actors are devoted to their characters, it can really help the show. If the actors are anything like George Blagden with the 2012 movie, i think we can get something decent out of the show. i don’t think this show has no hope. and i don’t think that it will be horribly made, i just have major concerns about the production, and Andrew Davies specifically.
with that, let’s start my rant. i truly have one major critique and that’s Andrew Davies…..
Andrew FUCKING Davies is getting on my last nerve with this. first of all, he’s REALLY out here trashing one of the most well known and influential musicals by calling it a “shoddy farrago”. he wants his adaptation to be true to the book, a straight adaptation from text to film, which is quite funny seeing as, a) not once, but TWICE, they’ve misspelled Javert’s name (Javier and Jalvert, which is funny seeing as the “shoddy farrago” of a musical made damn sure that we do not forget his name…), B) changed enjolras’ hair color from blond to brown when it’s EXPLICITLY stated to be blond many many many times in the book, and did the same thing with Fantine, as well as not giving enj his red coat, and C) the whole thing about adding a sex scene into it, when it’s 100% not necessary to the story line in any way. to me, that last thing is kinda like that santa sex scene in Master of the House in 2012, not necessary, kinda creepy, and just all around not what victor hugo wanted. if he’s gonna be preaching about his adaptation will be the best, then actually do what you’re saying you’re doing you asshole
this all pisses me off because this is the big stuff, it’s not changing a minor character slightly. every mistake has come with a major character and important piece of the story, and if they’re already messing up with that, how the FUCK are they going to faithfully adapt the brick to a show.
and maybe it would be less of a problem if Davies wasn’t out here spouting his “holier than thou” bullshit. i may even forgive bc autocorrect gets the best of us (trust me, i run a les mis blog, autocorrect is not my friend) and maybe an actor doesn’t want to wear a wig, but if you’re really going to say that you’re being 100% faithful to the book, then fucking do it.
those are my feelings about this, and i hope that i’m wrong and it turns out great and the coat is only gone for one scene, and the amis (who already look great btw) will pull through and make everything worth it, and we actually get certain things from the book (to be free, more with e and r, valjean going back to prison, jehan’s death, the handkerchief thing with marius, and so on), and it’ll all be great, but i don’t have confidence in this yet
i’ve been wary about it from the moment it was released. and now im worried that this fandom will get bigger based on an adaptation that screws over everything we love about it.
i hope that suffices for your rant needs
