• agamemnonymous
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    9 months ago

    it is a tad saccharine at points compared to the book, but only a very little bit.

    It’s been a long time since I read the book, but as I recall the tonal difference is… stark. The musical touches lightly on the conflicts of the book, but in a campy melodramatic Broadway sorta way. Very saccharine compared to the much heavier political bleakness in the book.

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      9 months ago

      Well, having only seen it in pieces via bootlegs, I can believe underestimate the syrup levels lol.