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Webberblocks‘Evita’Madonna

ByKevinSmith

APLANtostarpopqueenMadonnainafilmversionofEvitahasbeenvetoedbycomposerAndrewLloydWebber.

AngryAndrew,whoco-wrotethestageblockbusterwithTimRice,vowedthatanyoneBUTMadonnashouldplaythepartaftershedemandedtorewritesomeofhissongs.

NowWaltDisney,makersofthe￡30millionpicture,areinsistingthatshemuststar.

AndtheyhavecalledforameetingbetweenherandLloydWebberinNewYorkthisweektosortouttheirdifferences.

MadonnawasofferedthepartlastyearbutwasdumpedwhensheclashedwithWebberovertheawardwinningscore.

Shesaidthen:“Themusicneedsupdating.ItoldOliverStone,thedirector,thatIwasinterestedinworkingwithAndrewandwritingsomenewsongs.

IntheendOliverthoughtIwasgoingtobeahugepaininthebutt.”

(FromDailyMirror)

Texttype

Doyouthinkinwhatsortofpublicationdidthistextappear?

Whatistheoverallpurpose(orfunction)ofthetextisit,forexample,toadvertise,toinform,tocomplain,tocriticize?

Identifyanystylisticfeaturesthataretypicalofthiskindoftext,forexample,theuseofthepresenttenseintheheadline.

Textorganization

Putthesefactsinchronologicalorder:

WebbervetoedthechoiceofMadonna.

Webberco-wroteEvita.

Madonnademandedtorewritesomesongs.

Disneycalledameeting.

Madonnawasofferedthepart.

OliverStonethoughtMadonnawasapain.

Whyhastheaboveorderbeenchosenforthetext,ratherthanthechronologicalone?

Cohesion

Whatdothefollowingwordsreferto:his(line8);they(line12);their(line14).Howdoyouknow?

ComposerAndrewLloydWebber;AngryAndrew;LloydWebber;Webber;Andrewisthisthesameperson?Ifso,whyishereferredtoinfivedifferentways?

Howmanywordscanyoufindthathavesomethingtodowitha)cinema;b)music;c)argument?

Identifythesereferences:Now(