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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I tend to agree about remakes of movies, but I think it bears remembering that Steel Magnolias is first and foremost a stage play, which has been staged many, many times with all kinds of casts. The movie was an adaption of the play, and it included numerous characters (including every male character) never seen in the play. I don't know whether the new adaption follows the first movie in that regard or not. But it seems to me that in cases like this, a new movie is not so much a remake of the earlier movie as it is a new adaption of the stage play.
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That's what I was going to say (though not quite as well, I'm sure). I saw it on stage a few times before I ever saw the original movie, and enjoyed both adaptations. I feel like the story Harling wanted to tell is pretty universal, so as long as a production is well cast & directed, it doesn't matter who plays the roles.
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