The director of "Dirt World" has a new plan: adapting a famous musical

Poggy and Beth

In 1905, the female director of "Dirt Boundary" was di Reese, and a new work plan was exposed. It is reported that she will adapt the famous American musical "Boggy and Beth" into a movie under the umbrella of MGM and put it on the screen. For Dee Rees, a black director, Poggy and Beth is a perfect, rare black story.

The musical "Borggie and Beth" is based on the novel "Borggie" by novelist Dubs Hayward, which depicts a catfish street in the black quarter of Charleston, Carolina, where a group of people gamble and a disabled Berger wins a lot. The gamblers eventually get into a fight, and Crown kills Robin, causing Crown's mistress Beth to flee with Poggy in horror and live with Poggie.

One day, the two men arrive in the Palmeto Jungle, where Beth is kidnapped by Crown, who is hiding there. A few days later, Beth returned home, still unconscious, and recovered under Poggy's care. At this time, Catfish Street is hit by a typhoon, and Crown comes to look for Beth again, but is killed by Porgy, who is arrested for this. Beth was also abducted as a drug dealer as a prostitute. After Poggie is released from prison, he goes around looking for Beth, and at the end, Poggy stands in the darkness in front of the stage, hoping for Beth's return.

In 1935, the novel was brought to the stage by George Gershwin and premiered in Boston. At that time, Gershwin wanted to use the inherent musical language and unique musicality of the Americans to express in music, so it was a representative work of American opera with both a new style and a strong American nationality, and also created the "operetta" of the world opera music scene.

In Gershwin's final work, he shows his grasp and understanding of popular and serious music. He organically combines the two, highlighting the fluidity and popularity of the songs in the play, while losing their elegance and seriousness. For this reason, the play is also known as Gershwin's pinnacle.