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Aug. 8th, 2006 03:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rubykatewritingIt suddenly dawned on me today that The Reluctant Debutante and What a Girl Wants are based on the same play. How have I missed this all these years (well, at most the last two since WaGW only came out in 2003)?
While I love me some adorable Amanda Bynes (and loveably awkward Colin Firth), I have to say I prefer the original treatment (which was adapated for the screen by the playwright himself, Mr. William Douglas-Home). Kay Kendall and Rex Harrison absolutely sparkle as Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent, and for once, I think it is their off-screen relationship that plays into their easy on-screen chemistry. Not only had they acted together before (and fallen in love despite Rex being a married man), but they were married at the time of the filming of this movie. (Which is a story in and of itself.)
Also, this only came to my attention today via Musesfool's entry about it. It makes my stomach clench to think that this woman, this fraud, is now making money as a writer. What complete and utter bullshit.
While I love me some adorable Amanda Bynes (and loveably awkward Colin Firth), I have to say I prefer the original treatment (which was adapated for the screen by the playwright himself, Mr. William Douglas-Home). Kay Kendall and Rex Harrison absolutely sparkle as Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent, and for once, I think it is their off-screen relationship that plays into their easy on-screen chemistry. Not only had they acted together before (and fallen in love despite Rex being a married man), but they were married at the time of the filming of this movie. (Which is a story in and of itself.)
Also, this only came to my attention today via Musesfool's entry about it. It makes my stomach clench to think that this woman, this fraud, is now making money as a writer. What complete and utter bullshit.
