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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 1259662" data-attributes="member: 2572">The thing that struck me most in the Lowdown show was when the writers(?) stated that they had no problems changing everything around. Their rationalization was that the important thing was in the concepts, not in the details. They then went on to compare this to Shakespeare saying that the Bards works have be changed and reinterpreted over and over and that they had seen some wonderful reinterpretations of his material. While I feel that they have something of a point I disagree with it too. Yes there have been many good interpretations of Shakespeare but this is not the same thing. This is changing such things as the sex of Ophilia or making MacBeth English. When these kinds of details are changed it often confuses or alienates viewers. Sure you can keep the concepts but change things radically but then you normally rename the play/movie as well. West Side Story is a great reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet but it would not have been nearly as well recieved if they hadn't changed the name(s). How many of these radical reinterpretations but keeping the name have worked? (And no I didn't like Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo).</blockquote>