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BitingThrough
08/14/09

In reply to Revealed! Frank-By-Mamet!
First prize, an all-expenses paid trip to Berchtesgaden; Second Prize, an autographed picture of the Fuhrer, Third prize we shoot you.
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whynotshesaid
08/15/09

@BitingThrough: Glengarry Glen Ross references always make me swoon.
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onebluepussy
08/14/09

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I went to the same school as Anne Frank in Amsterdam (then already renamed Anne Frank school, with excerpts from her diary painted all over the facade)... and whenever i see this picture I'm reminded, because nothing in the building has changed since the late thirties, at least not when i went there (late eighties). she's sitting in front of one of the stoves that every classroom had. As a little girl I was completely obsessed by her; we all got a copy of the diary when we graduated but I'd already read it by age 6 or something.
Anyway, just wanted to share, bit unsure about the movie though.
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Lymed
08/14/09

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I'm laughing and slightly offended at the same time.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
08/14/09

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Fuck me, Sadie, but that's some good fucking script right there.
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shmoo15
08/12/09

In reply to Strange Bedfellows
Maybe I'm making this up, but wasn't Walt Disney rumored to be antisemitic?
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ritualtheory
08/12/09

@shmoo15: Fact, not rumor.
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NotChoinski
08/12/09

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From the Onion:
Ghost of Anne frank: Stop reading my Diary!
[www.theonion.com]
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LaComtesse
08/12/09

In reply to Strange Bedfellows
I think Disney and Mamet signing on to this goes to show how "the Anne Frank story" has ceased to be what it was originally intended to be. Anne Frank is now a brand and not an individual. The book was published in the 50s when people were beginning to get over their own war stories and start looking at the horrible things that went on elsewhere to other people. While Anne was of course emblematic, the point of her father sharing her story was that she was an individual. Now if I had a dollar for every time I hear of a book being touted as "The French Anne Frank" or "The Polish Anne Frank" I'd be one rich bitch... with boiled blood.
This isn’t to say that a new telling of her story can’t yield positive results. I’m not mad that Disney and Mamet are doing this: there have been several renditions of this story for stage, screen, and (before both) radio (I’m currently working on a project of this now). But what it MEANS that they are doing it upsets me.
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this_mad_woman
08/12/09

@LaComtesse: one thing that i think is really interesting is that her diary, as we know it, is not really just her diary. she actually thought of herself as a writer and did a ton of rewriting and editing of her own journals to create what most of us think of as just her diary. she really thought of herself as an author and writer, not just a girl in hiding, which is part of why i find other comparisons to her odious myself, too. francine prose is publishing a really fascinating book about her as a writer really soon [www.amazon.com]
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JennaW
08/12/09

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Mamet did a beautiful and understated adapatation of "The Winslow Boy" (1999, rated 100% [top critics] on Rotten Tomatoes). Mr. Mamet has an impressive range, and I think he's a good choice for such a project.
I also think that as the WWII generation is fast dying off, creating emotionally-engaging representations of the key stories of that war is important. The war and especially the Holocaust must be made vivid and real and personal for the younger generations.
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maybeimamazed02
08/12/09

@JennaW: I took a class on David Mamet's dramatic films, and The Winslow Boy was the last one we watched. It was excellent.

I'm actually more confident in Mamet's abilities than I would be in some hokey hack screenwriter.
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
08/12/09

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I almost feel like the diary shouldn't be made into a movie (although I think it already has been). The play version I've seen did not capture Anne's spirit, and you would think that anything Disney touches would be watered down, to say the least.
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hfree
08/12/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: It was made into a film, based on the stage play. The actors playing Anne and Peter are teen idol gorgeous and a lot of the action is dependent on their budding "romance". The movie's actually pretty good, but it has very little to do with Anne.
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andromache
08/12/09

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wait, I'm sorry, I don't comprehend this post. I recognize the words, but I'm having trouble putting them together. Surely it must be a mistake.
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GeorgeFayne
08/12/09

@andromache: Yeah, I read it and for a minute, I thought I had a stroke. I smell bread.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
08/12/09

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Yeez. I can only imagine what that script must look like.
Probably long stretches of no dialogue, with symphonic underscore by Billy Joel and Elton John, in hopes of a Grammy nom if they can't get their hands on that Tony.
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bluebears
08/12/09

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I...don't feel comfortable with this.
(1) Disney? and Anne Frank? that doesn't seem to go together
(2) Mamet? I feel like he has some disdain for women in general so I'm sort of terrified of what he's gonna do to Anne.
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drunkexpatwriter
08/12/09

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Hopefully the phrase "Fuck you. Slay me" won't appear in the script.
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chi-girl
08/12/09

@drunkexpatwriter: I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. Motherfucker.
(Very)Semi-related, the funniest skit I've ever seen at Second City was "The Glass Megagerie - As Written by David Mamet." You broke my fucking unicorn!
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morninggloria
08/12/09

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Soundtrack by Miley Cyrus covering Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
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bluebears
08/12/09

@morninggloria: shut.your.mouth. blasphemy!
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morninggloria
08/12/09

@bluebears: I've been trying to imagine what it would sound like, but my brain just won't let me. It's just too terrible.
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EdnasEdibles
08/12/09

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Disney? So maybe it will be updated and the part of Anne will be played by Miley Cyrus and instead of a diary it will be a blog and the name of the blog will be OMG Nazis! There will also be singing.
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haguenite
08/12/09

@EdnasEdibles: But of course the Nazis will really be Obama and Miley's Anne will be persecuted for wanting to keep her private health insurance and in the end she'll still die of diphtheria (or was it typhus?) because her insurance company kept sending her letters saying they thought it was a pre-existing condition, but she could appeal if she wanted. Only she was in Obama's work house by them and not allowed to do so.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/12/09

@EdnasEdibles: It is totally unfair of you to have a Bestie this early in the morning.
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