As I got thinking about the project Haley, Hannah and I are working on, I got thinking to what other stories are similar so I could get some inspiration. Thinking about the two characters that we have envisioned (a couple in the Prohibition Era getting themselves into trouble for selling alcohol, and stupidly turning in themselves for reward money), I immediately thought of a funny couple from the childhood classic Annie.
Rooster Hannigan and Lily St. Regis from Annie are a conniving, ridiculous couple who are trying to help Mrs.Hannigan get reward money. (Gee, sound familiar?). I just couldn't believe how similar these two characters are to the characters that Haley, Hannah and I have envisioned in our heads for this project. They're silly and try to plot ridiculous schemes. I think that we should definitely use Tim Curry and Bernadette Peter's interpretation of these characters to our advantage when we think about putting this project together. Not to mention we could probably get a few costume ideas from this film as well.
Our project and Annie also take place around the same time period, the 1930's and Prohibition Era. Again, I think watching this 1982 version of Annie will help us encompass a comedic interpretation of this era. Annie is a movie that focuses on the light side of the Great Depression and 1930's, and puts a comedic twist to a time that wasn't so bright and happy. Since that is the approach our group is going for, I think it would be a smart idea to study this movie.
So I think I'm going to pop in this version of Annie, as well as the 1999 television remake of Annie directed by Rob Marshall to help come up with a more solid idea for this project while I'm home on break.
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