Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
One of the most popular musicals of all time is coming to the big screen. A brand new adaptation of Les Miserables, the classic tale of love, justice, and the French Revolution, will be in theaters soon. Based on the classic novel by Victor Hugo, the musical has all the elements of a romantic epic.
The thing about musicals, though, is that some people love them, and some people really hate them. Those who love them love the melodrama and the fantasy. Those who hate them usually hate them for the same reasons. Learn what Marni and Greta think in this movies English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Marni: I have to say, there’s a new musical coming out, but I don’t think I can bring myself to see it, because…I don’t like musicals.
Greta: I have to say, I love Les Mis. I saw it on stage, I think I’ve probably seen it on stage two or three times, and I saw the movie that came out maybe six or seven years ago, and it was not that great, but it was not a musical. It was an adaptation of the book, and didn’t have any of the music in it.
Marni: OK. So this is a straightforward adaptation of the actual musical?
Greta: This one coming out in December is the musical.
Marni: Got it. Gosh, don’t you think, you know, musicals, they just get so melodramatic. They’re kinda corny.
Greta: I think it’s great. I think it’s a way for emotion and sentiment on a grand scale to come through.
Marni: OK.
Greta: Because we all have those feelings, but we don’t sing about them in real life.
Marni: This is true.
Greta: Mm hm.
Marni: Well, I had never thought about it that way. Who knows, maybe I’ll be persuaded to go see it.
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Discussion
Marni has heard that a new movie version of Les Miserables, or Les Mis, as fans refer to it, is coming out. She doesn’t want to see it, though, because she doesn’t like musicals.
Greta loves Les Mis, though, and she likes musicals in general. Marni doesn’t get it. She just thinks that musicals are overly dramatic and corny.
Greta thinks that that’s kind of the point. Musicals provide a way for actors to express emotion in a grand way. Musicals allow big emotions to come out through dramatic performance and song.
That’s a new way to think about it, for Marni. Maybe she’ll try to see Les Mis, after all.
Do you like musicals? Why or why not? Will you try to go see the new movie of Les Miserables?
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