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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 25 > Remake of ‘Fame’ is a dumbed down version

Remake of ‘Fame’ is a dumbed down version


September 25, 2009

Why bother to remake “Fame” if you don’t have a clue about why the 1980 movie was special? Why take a touching experience and make it into a shallow exercise? Why begin with an R-rated look at plausible kids with real problems and tame it into a PG-rated after-school special? Why cast actors who....

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