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Cast members Octavia Spencer and Will Ferrell attend the premiere of the movie ‘Spirited’ in London, Britain November 15, 2022. REUTERS\/Maja Smiejkowska \n (REUTERS\/Maja Smiejkowska)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘A CHRISTMAS STORY’ HOUSE IN OHIO LISTED FOR SALE JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS: ‘DEFINETELY EXCITING’<\/strong><\/p>\n“In a year when it seems nearly every monopolistic company is laying off workers, the cathartic comeuppance of a hard-hearted billionaire makes cultural sense. But neither film is willing to even admit its cruel corporate czar is a bad person, as if the producers fear insulting the rich men who run their respective streaming services,” the NBC News critic wrote. <\/p>\n
Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer and more stars in “Spirited” on Apple TV+. Ferrell plays the ghost of Christmas present and Reynolds stars as Clint Briggs, a reimagined Ebenezer Scrooge.<\/p>\n
NBC’s Bundel also argued that the entertainment industry’s failure to recognize a “societal shift” was “more troubling.”<\/p>\n
“The entertainment world’s refusal to notice a societal shift is more troubling. Dickens’ story is timeless for a reason, and there should be space right now to make a version that speaks to the current moment. Too bad neither of these knows how,” Bundel continued.<\/p>\n
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A sign is pictured outside NBC headquarters at Rockefeller Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, January 16, 2020. REUTERS\/Carlo Allegri \n (REUTERS\/Carlo Allegri)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNBC SILENT AFTER RETRACTING PAUL PELOSI REPORT UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES<\/strong><\/p>\nSpencer opened up about preparing for the musical in November. <\/p>\n
“I had no idea what it takes to do a musical, because here is the thing, we all sing every day,” she said. “I don’t consider myself a singer, but I thought I could probably do it, because when you’re singing with the radio, you sound so good right? You hit the notes, but you realize that you’re singing very low . They were going to have a microphone, so I thought I could use my little radio singing voice\u2026 and the voice coach Eric Vetro was like, ‘Yeah, I’m going to need you to sing out \u2014 project!'”<\/p>\n
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After working with Reynolds on “Free Guy” and “The Adam Project,” Shawn Levy will direct “Deadpool 3.” \n (Gilbert Carrasquillo\/GC Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Reynolds said earlier this year that he and the cast went to a seven-week theater camp to prepare for the musical. <\/p>\n
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Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NBC News culture critic Ani Bundel called out movies like “Spirited” and “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” for glamorizing the “cruel corporate czar” on Saturday. “Spirited” and “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” are musical adaptations of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Bundel wrote that both adaptations “hit the wrong key.” “But both renditions’ insistence on preaching this …<\/p>\n
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