...you been going up to Wyoming all these years ...

[Jeff Wrangler]

Can't see them doing ballet on the moutain. 

Oh, but sure enough! A talented choreographer could have a field day depicting through dance how Jack slowly gets Ennis to open up, then their growing attraction, culminating in TS1, which would be a pas de deux, of course! Yeehaw! 

[Meryl]

Opera or ballet, I just like the direction yer goin'. 

One of the most memorable pas de deux I ever saw was for two men, performed to the slow movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.  In the age of AIDS, it was tremendously moving.

[Front-Ranger]

I read that about Matthew Bourne doing the gay Romeo and Juliet. There was a very nice profile of him in (where else?  ) The New Yorker recently.

I know I used the Grin smiley, but I wasn't really kidding about the ballet. I'm not just thinking a love duet pas de deux for Ennis and Jack, either. I'm thinking that a talented and skillful choreographer could do a lot with the whole story. For example, I'm thinking of the possibility of a very powerful solo portraying Alma's confusion when she sees her husband kissing a man, and another, and potentially very moving solo portraying her sorrow as her marriage deteriorates. Lots of possibilities here! 

I will be seeing Matthew Bourne's Edward Scizzorhands on April 22!! Is it coming to your neck of the woods, Jeff??

[Jeff Wrangler]

I will be seeing Matthew Bourne's Edward Scizzorhands on April 22!! Is it coming to your neck of the woods, Jeff??

Actually, it's played here (Philadelphia) already and moved on. I didn't see it. Didn't much interest me. (Never saw the movie; that didn't interest me either.)

[fernly]

Opera or ballet, I just like the direction yer goin'. 

I think some of the 'parallel' scenes in the film would be really interesting to see on the stage at the same time, like Jack and Lureen dancing at the same time as Alma is trying to convince Ennis to move to town, and Jack and Ennis are both looking toward each other, unseeing and unseen, into the empty darkness in the center of the stage.

[Ellemeno]

I think some of the 'parallel' scenes in the film would be really interesting to see on the stage at the same time, like Jack and Lureen dancing at the same time as Alma is trying to convince Ennis to move to town, and Jack and Ennis are both looking toward each other, unseeing and unseen, into the empty darkness in the center of the stage.

Fern, you don't say much, but I love when you do! 

[Brown Eyes]

I think some of the 'parallel' scenes in the film would be really interesting to see on the stage at the same time, like Jack and Lureen dancing at the same time as Alma is trying to convince Ennis to move to town, and Jack and Ennis are both looking toward each other, unseeing and unseen, into the empty darkness in the center of the stage.

Wow!  I'll just echo what Elle said... This really is a stunning image to imagine!
 

[serious crayons]

I'll third that. This will make me sound incredibly ignorant, but because I'm more of a film buff than a theater one, I tend to think of film as being able to do more to dramatize a story than theater. But this is a wonderful example of how sometimes just the opposite is true.

[Meryl]

I think some of the 'parallel' scenes in the film would be really interesting to see on the stage at the same time, like Jack and Lureen dancing at the same time as Alma is trying to convince Ennis to move to town, and Jack and Ennis are both looking toward each other, unseeing and unseen, into the empty darkness in the center of the stage.

I love that! 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think some of the 'parallel' scenes in the film would be really interesting to see on the stage at the same time, like Jack and Lureen dancing at the same time as Alma is trying to convince Ennis to move to town, and Jack and Ennis are both looking toward each other, unseeing and unseen, into the empty darkness in the center of the stage.

Great idea! Much more affecting than a "split screen" in a film!