I was originally supposed to play Valerie, and what became my character was going to be her gay best friend. It's such an amazing time there are so many songs from that period that are so joyful.īut it's funny, because when you have the perspective of now, you can't help but incorporate it. That's when I first started writing music, and I still love that era. We're writing new material, but it doesn't even make sense to modernize the story. And I've been working with Dennis Poore, who co-wrote "Brand New Girl" and "'Cause I'm a Blonde" for the movie, on the stage musical. And suddenly, oh my God, I have this extra time. The guy who did "Thoroughly Modern Millie" worked on it for nine years. Everything you're doing is really a labor of love for a long, long time. I've been wanting to make a musical so long, but musicals take so much work. But they took things about the movie and changed them so much, and they inserted a lot of existing songs the guy didn't have the rights to. I did my part, and Kristin Chenoweth did Valerie. I was working on "Strip Mall" at the time and was like, "You guys go do it." Charlie Coffey and he got it together, and we did a reading in New York. Years ago, a guy from Australia wanted to make it into a musical. How did the idea of mounting it as a stage show come about? But then when he came in for the alien, I remember thinking, "Now that makes sense for me." When he did standup he just seemed all over the place. Goldblum once more playing the non-human creature Ms. (In her review of the film, the New York Times' Caryn James wrote, "This is the true sequel to 'The Fly,' with Mr. But they really were in love, especially Geena. It made me pissed - I'd worked so hard I had sweat bullets on this movie, and they were like junior-high-schoolers. They'd be making out in front of everybody. I watched the movie again last week, and one of the things that makes it still so appealing is the chemistry of Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum, who were married at the time. Time marches on and acid-washed jackets become extinct, but the females of our our planet proudly remain the easiest for galaxies. I spoke recently with the film's co-writer and co-star Julie Brown about the enduring allure of "Earth Girls" – and her plans to bring it to a new generation - as a stage musical. So when Brooklyn's Videology asked me recently if I'd like to host one of its Pajamarama! Slumber Party Classics, I had zero hesitation as to what cinematic bon bon I most longed to share. Over time, "Earth Girls Are Easy" has developed a cult status as one of the most beloved - and the most 1980s-esque - movies to come out of the eighties, a big-haired, B-52's soundtrack-infused film that to this day is what we talk about when we talk about ERMAHGERD. Right never found its footing at the box office. Yet in a year when cinematic romance was defined by "When Harry Met Sally," a candy-colored pastiche about a lovestruck manicurist and an unlikely, furry Mr. It was also adorably silly, utterly unique and full of surprising heart. Nearly 24 years ago, a romantic musical comedy about a trio of space aliens who crash land in Southern California opened, boasting a real-life Hollywood golden couple, a Nile Rodgers score, a director who'd helmed "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle," an almost too-good-to-be-true supporting cast that included Michael McKean, Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey, and a bevy of over-the-top musical numbers.
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