Before watching the movie:
I remember being unclear if this was ever on the stage when it came out or if it was original to the screen, just because I’d never heard of the musical before. Apparently it opened in the 70s, and what surprises me even more is that the musical was based on a play from 1926, so its origin wasn’t even a period piece.
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Before watching the movie:
Once in a writing class, we were told to look at a collection of pictures from the art department and write some vignettes inspired by those images. I saw a picture of a woman stepping out of a pair of fancy shoes, and I think I connected that with this movie’s poster to write a scene at a wedding reception, but the implied plot was in an entirely different direction.
So apparently most of what I have to say about this movie before seeing it is nearly unrelated to it. I’m expecting a generic romantic comedy with one obvious unusual twist. And Gere and Roberts have had success before with Pretty Woman and I think a few others, so they should do well here.
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