george stephanis

So just watched the preview clip of “Bad Cinderella” on Broadway — and had to immediately dig up some clips of Carrie Hope Fletcher in the role in London as a brain cleanse.

I had been super excited for this to move to Broadway, but they’ve stripped out so much of what had excited me for it.

Compare London:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z6W_8mpF5I

To Broadway:

https://twitter.com/badcinderella/status/1626632811934253075

I … I no longer want to see the Broadway version. I’m out. #TeamCarrie

Andrew Lloyd Webber & Carrie Hope Fletcher - Bad Cinderella (Official Music Video)

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Feb 20, 2023 at 2:53pmMastonaut
Show threadKatFeb 20, 2023
@daljo628 it looks like a hot mess, which was also the buzz about the West End version
Show threadgeorge stephanisFeb 20, 2023

@kat I mean, yes, but for very different reasons from what I’m seeing.

The West End’s Cinderella’s “style all her own” included wearing docs and actually was visually distinguishable from the townsfolk and mapped well to the sort of counterculture that this protagonist version seems to be being written as.

The Broadway version Cinderella reminds me of nothing so much as the “hot girl” style from “She’s All That” and “10 Things I Hate About You” era?

Show threadgeorge stephanisFeb 20, 2023
@kat The trash fire of the west end version was largely — by my understanding — based on ALW being a rather horrid human being.
Show threadScott Kingsley ClarkFeb 20, 2023
@daljo628 oh wow yeah I like the London one way more