Comments on: Jane Austen’s Emma To Get Modern Hip Hop Musical Remake

By: HandnHalfSword

HandnHalfSword — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:50:06 +0000

My first choice for movies is usually action, and my second is usually comedy.

But…

I’m happen to be one of those guys who loved Sense and Sensibility, the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, and the Indian remake Bride and Prejudice.

About the only thing that could keep me away from a musical take on Emma is if were set to Hip-Hop music. But then again I’m probably not their target audience.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:39:47 +0000

Why can’t we just all leave it at “Clueless?”

By: iris

iris — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:19:05 +0000

i have to agree with what everyone else has said. regarding carmen the hip hopera, i can say it is the worst movie i’ve ever seen. luckily it was on television so it was free. i would like to see an ORIGINAL musical in rap form… urban is something i don’t understand, usually it means lots of black people with a white person writing the script.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:23:33 +0000

Please, please, please, please stop making shitty ripoff films of classic literature. It’s not ‘urban’, it’s ‘shite’. Pack it in, Culpepper.

By: Malcom

Malcom — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:29:40 +0000

Doug,

I think I speak for everyone when I tell you that you are a douche bag.

By: The Jim Walker

The Jim Walker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:54:30 +0000

They are doing to “Emma” what most Hip Hop / Rap artists do for most of their songs… Usually lacking the talent and/or originality to come up with their own works, they simply steal a sound byte, riff, background track, etc and throw in some ass bad “lyrics” and call it a song.

Take Kanye West. His latest “hit” is simply the slightly reworked melody from a GREAT Daft Punk song. And if you look at iTunes reviews people hail him as some sort or rap wunderkind who “keeps it real” and wil single-handedly save the rap world. Um… yeah… sure.

I agree with you on the idea that if they want to do a modern musical in a “hip hop / urban” style, just do that. I would be slightly interested to see that. I liked “Chicago”, i liked “Sweeney Todd”, i LOVED “Once”. 3 VERY different styles of musical. I could love “Hip Hop Musical” as well… although i dont think that i could ever love “When Harry Met Sally – the Urban Musical Version” or “Henry dah Fiff – a period piece telling the story of Henry V set to rap music”.

By: Meli

Meli — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:30:37 +0000

I can’t even comment logically because this movie news makes me disgusted and angry. This movie doesn’t need to be made. Ugh.

By: vargas

vargas — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:20:32 +0000

Good lord! As if they didn’t already have enough adaptations of the book already! Hip hop Emma? Lame!

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:03:04 +0000

Erika, you beat me to it. I was just gonna mention that CArmen bullshit that MTV did with Beyonce. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL!

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:32:29 +0000

I really hated that “hip-hopera” version of Carmen. It was total crap. I am not looking foward to this musical version of Emma at all.

By: sfsilver

sfsilver — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:26:41 +0000

Emma was the basis for “Clueless”. It’s a story that is flexible enough in it’s basic premise to be ripe for modern updates and adaptation. The brilliance of Austen’s stories and why they are so relevant to modern audiences and readers still is that they aren’t just period stories about Georgian England, they’re about class, human relationships, clashing personalities, and the search for love. Those are all relevant themes that could be explored in an urban setting.

That said these “urban” adaptations are usually crap and are quickly forgotten. Anyone remember that dreadful Beyonce “Hip-Hopera” version of Carmen? The black TV version of Pollyanna? yikes.

By: Bishop

Bishop — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:39:54 +0000

Maybe they really wanted to make a “Step Up 3” but couldn’t come up with a great story so just lifted this. Chances are it will make money and an army of teenagers will slobber it up.

The only thing I would take issue with is the statement “This is the way it should be reimagined in the new millennium.”

I fail to see the logic there, but then, I am not a movie exec.