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musing-xeno In reply to Honestytruth [2015-03-03 03:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~ I had a little too much fun flinging the paint for the effect.

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musing-xeno In reply to NatureTheZafara [2015-03-08 16:49:04 +0000 UTC]

I didn't have any watercolor paper when I started this piece so it was done on printer paper, which in hindsight, was defeating myself before I began. I might redraw this when I get the time to go to the art store and buy more paper.

This is wholly Sissy Spacek - I think her performance of Carrie is the most powerful I've seen although Molly did a great job in the revival cast.

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musing-xeno In reply to EBraunstein [2015-03-01 04:40:22 +0000 UTC]

This is the most powerful clip of the destruction I've found. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNLYP…

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EBraunstein In reply to musing-xeno [2015-03-01 05:07:09 +0000 UTC]

That was really cool! I liked how Carrie reprised the song she and Tommy share. Kind of made the whole scene sadder.

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musing-xeno In reply to EBraunstein [2015-03-03 02:59:38 +0000 UTC]

I just love all of the songs they reprise in The Destruction: "And Eve was Weak", "Dreamer in Disguise" , "Carrie", "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance", "Open Your Heart". These songs are all pivotal moments in character development/pushing the story forward, so it was a nice idea to bring them back in a haunting way.

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EBraunstein In reply to musing-xeno [2015-03-03 03:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Must admit, from listening to "I Remember..." Carrie's mother in the musical sounds like a much more tragic character than she was in most film adaptions. She sounds like she's trying to do, what is in her mind at least, the right thing for her daughter, but is being very overprotective and projecting her own past onto her daughter's present and future, driving her to this "let us pray" madness that she has. It's an interesting take on the character.

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musing-xeno In reply to EBraunstein [2015-03-03 03:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they definitely had a sympathetic approach to Margret unlike most adaptations, who by all accounts is just batshit insane from the get-go and of course, tried to kill Carrie multiple times. In this, if you listen to "Open Your Heart" and "Evening Prayers" as well, she really is trying to raise Carrie right, but of course her religious convictions and her own past lead her to sheltering Carrie from "sin" and the world. "Carrie (Reprise)" is a beautifully sung lullaby to Carrie after the prom . . . until, ya known, Margaret decides to take a knife to her daughter's back as she comforts her. "Baby don't cry/ no more tears/ Mama will save you from all your fears . . ." *plunges knife into Carrie's back*

(Speaking of Margaret White, favorite 1979 film fun fact is that she had to be told repeatedly that they weren't making a comedy because of how overboard the actress went with her scenes.)

Fun story from my own life, I just got my prom dress today - pale pink. My sister sees me try it on for the first time and what does she say? "I knew it would be red. . ." I asked her if she plans to  say "THEY'RE ALL GOING TO LAUGH AT YOU" before I go to prom and hide behind the bathroom door  with a butcher's knife in hand when I return.

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EBraunstein In reply to musing-xeno [2015-03-03 04:00:18 +0000 UTC]

I think her religious fanaticism is what really does her and Carrie in in the end, though. She probably knew what had happened at Carrie's school and felt she'd given birth to the AntiChrist, so of course she felt the need to remove the "sin" [Carrie] from the world before she could do anymore damage. (Having never seen the full musical, does Carrie live in this one or die with her mother as in previous film adaptions?)

I heard about that actually. It makes me laugh a little that she was asked to tone down her performance, but I think coupled with Sissy Spacek's quiet and demure role, the actress playing her HAD to get a little over the top. It made the film seem all the more real and there was a moment of "AW YEAH!!!" when Carrie finally stands up to her mother and says "things are going to change around here" before walking out the door.

LOL! So, you're basically going to prom in a Carrie White gown? Nice!

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musing-xeno In reply to EBraunstein [2015-03-11 01:19:27 +0000 UTC]

I feel like the AntiChrist theme was a little better represented in the remake (which although I love the original so much more, the remake has some redeeming qualities) Carrie dies in the musical, but like the remake, she also has a brief connection with Sue before she dies.

Sissy's demureness was flawless; she IS Carrie for me. Have you seen the 2002 TV movie? It's just kinda meh but the actress is second most Carrie-ish to me. She seemed a lot like the description in the book. And I agree, the confrontation between Carrie and her mother is so satisfying. Especially in the musical where she sings, "I am not afraid of you at all/ I have nothing left to lose/ I have power I can use. Nothing you can say or do will ever stop me again . . ." And that's how the act ends. So powerful.

Basically. A lot more embellishment than Carrie's, but the same color.

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EBraunstein In reply to musing-xeno [2015-03-11 14:59:24 +0000 UTC]

I saw the 2002 remake on SyFy Channel a long time ago. I can only remember that Carrie lives and escapes with Sue to Florida. I think that the 2002 remake was meant as a tie-in for "Carrie 2" which revolves around Carrie White's half-sister, Rachel, and that came out around the same time...? (Don't quote me there, but I think that's when Carrie 2 was released.) The 2002 remake was just as good as the 1971 film, in my opinion, and the girl playing Carrie was pretty good at capturing some of Carrie's demure nature well, much the way Sissy had.

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