Talk:Evita (film)

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Evita couldn't get to her father's funeral because she was "the daughter of the slut" , not because she was of lower class. In Argentina people from all social classes can go to other people's funerals. 200.125.79.207 16:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guevara?

I don't think Che from "Evita" has anything in common with Che Guevara. --78.61.117.248 09:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah Che is supposed to be Che Guevara, if you look at Evita (musical) it talks about it there.Gorkymalorki 15:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The character in the musical is NOT Che Guevara. Find me one source where Andrew Lloyd Webber makes the claim that he is. The Che in Evita is too old to be Guevara. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.140.118.232 (talk) 20:16:13, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

Can anyone find anything on how the people of Argentina were upset about Madonna playing Evita? I remember that was a big controversy when this film came out.Gorkymalorki 15:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

The Argentine government promoted the film "Eva Peron" as an effort to set the record straight. I don't think they objected to Madonna (who I think does a pretty good job) so much as to the fact that all of the standard English-language propaganda against Peronism found its way into the Libretto of Lloyd Webber. --Gelsomina 06:08, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

standard?, propaganda?, fiction?, free press? Who categorizes and on basis of what? Jclerman 08:32, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Let's just say that from the Argentine standpoint, the British were the main colonial exploiter during that period, and they are regarded with suspicion in Argentina to this day. The situation is compounded by the fact that almost all English-language accounts of the lives of Juan and Eva Perón contain material that is regarded as slanderous by many Argentines. --Gelsomina 13:52, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

No, the riots that happened in Argentina weren't because of Madonna playing the role. Their problem with the film was that it made Eva Peron, their national hero, look like a corrupt woman who slept her way up the ladder. Like, remember, it showed her sleeping with Magaldi to get to the city, then sleeping with the photographer, then working her way up to Colonel Peron. And, remember that stuff with the Evita Foundation -- the lyrics insinuated that large wads of the money were pocketed and that the Perons stashed it away in Swiss bank accounts; the paperwork wasn't taken seriously and the Perons got away with it (so claims the musical). Frankly, I think it was rather silly to protest the movie. The movie was just an adaptation of the stage show, which showed her in just about the same light. It's, like, the album recording came out before the movie did; and even then, the musical came out in the 70s; and that in turn was known to be based primarily on a book by Mary Main that came out in 1952 -- and you're only hearing about it now? The protests perhaps came two decades too late, but I guess that's not for me to judge.J.J. Bustamante 01:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Album article link

Under the Soundtrack section, there are two links to articles for Evita Albums. The thing is, both links point to the same page, and it's redundant to have both. I'd fix it myself, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes.J.J. Bustamante 01:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)