安妮(2014)

伴随我们许多人长大的经典《小孤女安妮》已经改头换面了。她不再是穿着踢踏舞鞋的红发女郎了。她是一个来自哈莱姆区被收养的黑人孩子，她的红卷发已经被非洲风格的发型所取代，她的踢踏鞋也被运动鞋所取代。她和一直邪恶的汉尼根小姐生活在现代版的孤儿院——一个位于城市破败地区的多名儿童寄养家庭。在这个版本中，安妮遇到了现代的沃巴克，手机巨头威尔·斯塔克斯，当他把她从交通中拉出来时。安妮，斯塔克斯的竞选经理，他忠实的秘书格蕾丝都同意，如果安妮留在斯塔克斯一段时间，他冷漠的形象将改善在民意调查和他的选举。斯塔克斯不情愿地同意了，他没想到自己会深深地爱上安妮，她的狗名叫桑迪(Sandy)，甚至格蕾丝(Grace)。很多人谴责这一更新，说这部古典音乐剧不需要另一个新版本。这可以理解;这部剧已经在百老汇上演了数百万次，在此之前还有两个很棒的电影版本。 However, the update does have its advantages. Annie's original situation is handled much more realistically. It's heavily implied her parents abandoned her, and Hannigan, while not abusive, does everything but stick her last toe over that line. The girls are not little Cinderellas, though they do clean the whole house in one scene/musical number. Instead they're just lonely kids whose only guardian is substandard. This takes away some of the romanticism that tends to pervade other versions, which is a plus. It also makes Hannigan a more well-developed character since it needs to be explained why and how she got to be what she is. For their part, Stacks and Grace are better-developed, too. Stacks does indulge in some of the stereotypical behavior of a rich guy who finally made it out of a rough neighborhood and now looks down on people of lower social classes. The way he changes, however, is handled without a lot of lovey-dovey stuff. In fact, viewers may be pleased to see the new sassy, smart Annie shooting straight and challenging him to man up. Grace does the same, and her efforts are rewarded. She also learns the value of friendship and love after confessing to Annie that she's always had a friendless background. There are minor caveats. Hannigan's behavior is the big noted one. A store owner tells Annie to get rid of his expired drinks in exchange for money--by changing the expiration dates. Mild swearing occurs. When Annie says Sandy needs to "go," Stacks asks if it's "champagne or gelato," among other comparisons. There are also some blatant lies and other inappropriate behavior from a campaign manager, which puts Annie in danger. Otherwise though, this update is pretty good.

我儿子很喜欢，除了婴儿时期的几首童谣外，他对音乐剧从来都不感兴趣。他喜欢英雄电影/动画片，比如《超能陆战队》、《蝙蝠侠》和喜剧《原始人》。比起《走进森林》(Into the Woods)，我更喜欢它，后者有一些令人不安的场景和成人主题。