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Tuesday the 2nd of December, 2003

Angels in America

The long awaited theatrical version of ”Angels in America” makes its premiere this week.  I’ve heard so much about this play/movie.  I was first introduced to it through ”The Laramie Project” (another great play).

I should figure out what I’m doing in order to watch it as I don’t have HBO myself.  I’m noticed others with the same predicament as well.

I suspect this movie will cause a great stir among people once it premieres.  As one journalist has noted (thanks to The Tin Man for the quote):

Tonight is the night when Americans might have tuned into Part 1 of “The Reagans” on CBS. But the joke is on the whiners who forced the mini-series off the air. Just three weeks from tonight, HBO will present the first three-hour installment of Mike Nichols’s film version of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America"… If “Angels” reaches an audience typical for HBO hits, it could detonate a debate bloody enough to make the fight over “The Reagans” look like an exhibition bout.

The buzz for Angels began months ago apparently.  I’m behind on the times I guess.  One comment I ran across from January noticed that Al Pacino was cast for the part.  Others have already been lucky enough to view Angels and present their thoughts.  And still others are just simply not sure what to think yet about the adaptation of Angels.

I’m definitely looking forward to viewing the movie version.  I might wish to have seen the play first but I haven’t had the opportunity as of yet.  Maybe one day.

.: The Poet :.

Posted by rtkenmore at 06:25 PM on the 2nd of December, 2003.
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