Haven't seen "You've Got Mail" recently...it's based on the overly adapted
"Shop Around the Corner", which starred Jimmy Stewart and Carol Lombard.
(Was even adapted into two musicals, the stage one, "She Loves Me" and the
Judy Garland Film, whose name I forget.) I liked the Ryan/Hanks version --
but it is dated, but so is the original story...based on two people working
in a shop and not realizing they are corresponding with one another at the
same time via a dating service. The new version, sort of removed the two
people working a shop approach, and made it about a guy trying to buy out a
woman's book store and putting in a big one down the street -- which would
drive her store out of business. During the hey day of the superbook stores
like Barnes and Noble. So definitely dated in places, although other things
should still resonate.
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Date: 2017-12-12 08:28 pm (UTC)Haven't seen "You've Got Mail" recently...it's based on the overly adapted "Shop Around the Corner", which starred Jimmy Stewart and Carol Lombard. (Was even adapted into two musicals, the stage one, "She Loves Me" and the Judy Garland Film, whose name I forget.) I liked the Ryan/Hanks version -- but it is dated, but so is the original story...based on two people working in a shop and not realizing they are corresponding with one another at the same time via a dating service. The new version, sort of removed the two people working a shop approach, and made it about a guy trying to buy out a woman's book store and putting in a big one down the street -- which would drive her store out of business. During the hey day of the superbook stores like Barnes and Noble. So definitely dated in places, although other things should still resonate.