I understand why Madonna never wanted to touch Sunset Blvd.

[MDRA 4,223]

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/155950/ready-for-your-close-up-madonna-andrew-lloyd-webber-wants-the-pop-queen-to-star-in-sunset-boulevard/

But why would Madonna not want to do it?

https://screen-queens.com/2020/06/04/sunset-boulevard-and-the-ageing-woman-sexism-and-ageism-in-hollywood/

Also, we're in the 21st century, so the tragic aging woman trope is just as insulting as the bury your gays one.

[Enrico 15,792]

Sunset Boulevard is a masterpiece, both the original movie and the musical.

The scary thing is that lately M has been showing a Norma Desmond behaviour...

[nodoman 324]

21 minutes ago, #BelieveVictims said:

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/155950/ready-for-your-close-up-madonna-andrew-lloyd-webber-wants-the-pop-queen-to-star-in-sunset-boulevard/

But why would Madonna not want to do it?

https://screen-queens.com/2020/06/04/sunset-boulevard-and-the-ageing-woman-sexism-and-ageism-in-hollywood/

Also, we're in the 21st century, so the tragic aging woman trope is just as insulting as the bury your gays one.

you do know that you’re opening a can of worms with this, right?

[MDRA 4,223]

1 minute ago, nodoman said:

you do know that you’re opening a can of worms with this, right?

Didn't know this forum had a big Lloyd Webber following, no. 

[MDRA 4,223]

5 minutes ago, Enrico said:

The scary thing is that lately M has been showing a Norma Desmond behaviour...

Please read the article I posted and try to understand it.

[sidney78a 2,236]

1 hour ago, Enrico said:

Sunset Boulevard is a masterpiece, both the original movie and the musical.

The scary thing is that lately M has been showing a Norma Desmond behaviour...

just watch me burn or let it be - or let let it be ?

[cosmicarlo818 2,010]

SUNSET BOULEVARD would be the ultimate return-to-form musically and in filmic terms for Madonna. If done right and with an even greater effort than EVITA or other musical ventures she's done... it could be one of  her last hurrahs - a FUCK YOU to ageism, a comeback, and a semi farewell.

 

But she's Madonna, so...

[sidney78a 2,236]

please call joan lader she has a mission to do: 2 movies at the same time Sunset and tthe biopic almost a mash up

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[me1981 1,358]

Interesting. I never saw it as an aging older woman trope. Though I guess the musical does push that narrative more. The movie was really more about the death of the silent film star, and Gloria Swanson was one of the biggest of that era.

King Vidor and the other silent film actors that appear also seem tragic. So I don't think the original film was sexist/mysoginist. I really think it was about a long forgotten era and the stars that were left behind.

Agian the musical may have pushed the tragic older woman trope more, I don't know it well enough.

[VogueMusic 678]

It's an iconic musical, and think some are missing what the story is actually saying.

That being said, I don't see Madonna doing a story like this (nor acting) any time soon (for multiple reasons)... and in all honesty, the film version role belongs to the incomparable Glenn Close, who is the most famous face of the stage musical version. If you haven't seen her in it, watch clips from youtube and have your mind blown. It's been rumored for a long time as well that the film version of Sunset Blvd would most likely be Glenn's ticket to a best actress Oscar (and perhaps her last shot), so I don't want to see that opportunity taken away from her. M would be amazing...but Glenn deserves it.

[Glindathegood 772]

It doesn’t interest me at all. I don’t like that kind of showtune music. I prefer more contemporary pop music. 
I would love to see her in a Broadway musical rather than a movie because she excels on front of a live audience. But I would want it to be a new musical hopefully with a more contemporary pop or world music style, not showtunes. The only musicals I have enjoyed are Hamilton, Fela and American Idiot so a new musical in that vein. 

[Voguerista 11,783]

Being she was so good in Evita and I loved it so much, I would be welcoming to the idea. I would love to see her work the costumes and dance especially. Just think of all the press and build up (like with Evita). It would be awesome.

[Madame Madonna 4,107]

If this is 2010 then I would laughing at the idea She will star in Sunset Boulevard.

Because Madonna used to be had "I don't like to reminisce about the past." attitude. And That's the reason Some fans are constantly complaining about Madonna treat her own legacy as trash.

But I understand that why Madonna used to act like that.

"I still have new things to show the world and people, so why should I stick to my legacy in the past?"

She always wanted to remain a current superstar, not a superstar of the past.

It's the Madonna I used to loved. She was different with other stars. 

 

But this is 2021 and She has been changed. she constantly post her past photos on instagram and She constantly recalls the glory of the past now. And She desperately needs media and people's attention now. So At this point, I bet she's likely to do that movie.

 

[Enrico 15,792]

Well, the movie is already in production and Glenn Close is doing it.

They only stopped because of covid.

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200055/glenn-close-offers-an-update-on-the-upcoming-sunset-boulevard-movie-musical/

[Fuchur 20]

9 hours ago, Glindathegood said:

It doesn’t interest me at all. I don’t like that kind of showtune music. I prefer more contemporary pop music.

 

You certainly chose your user name well...

[blondebenji 1,884]

i really think she could pull it off. Would be so good with all the social commentary around it

[Glindathegood 772]

3 hours ago, Fuchur said:

 

You certainly chose your user name well...

I choose it because Glinda is my real name. Nothing to do with the musical because I’ve never seen it. 

[into the erotico 972]

On 3/27/2021 at 1:39 AM, Madame Madonna said:

If this is 2010 then I would laughing at the idea She will star in Sunset Boulevard.

Because Madonna used to be had "I don't like to reminisce about the past." attitude. And That's the reason Some fans are constantly complaining about Madonna treat her own legacy as trash.

But I understand that why Madonna used to act like that.

"I still have new things to show the world and people, so why should I stick to my legacy in the past?"

She always wanted to remain a current superstar, not a superstar of the past.

It's the Madonna I used to loved. She was different with other stars. 

 

But this is 2021 and She has been changed. she constantly post her past photos on instagram and She constantly recalls the glory of the past now. And She desperately needs media and people's attention now. So At this point, I bet she's likely to do that movie.

 

if you look closer she always reproduced past looks and ideas from her stage shows