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'Nine' Wants to Be Italian But Doesn't Quite Make It

source: http://www.cafemagazine.com/index.php/reviews/113-0912/569-nine-wants-to-be-italian-but-does...

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“Be Italian,” sings Fergie in one of the scarce memorable moments of “Nine,” based in the 1982 musical by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston which was based on Federico Fellini’s masterpiece “8½.” It’s a plea that falls on deaf ears. “Nine” is not Italian enough. It lacks a charismatic central figure (Marcello Mastroianni in “ 8½,” Raúl Juliá and Antonio Banderas in the original stage production). It is not daring enough, not passionate enough. “Nine” is too bland. Worst yet, “Nine” feels like a photocopy of a photocopy of an original. Which, actually, it is.

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