Manuel Puig's 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman originated as an experimental, dialogue-driven work about two prisoners who pass time recounting films. The story has been adapted into stage plays, a 1985 film, and a 1993 Broadway musical. The Broadway musical now receives a star-studded movie adaptation starring Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez, and Tonatiuh, written and directed by Bill Condon. The film alternates between prison cells and lavish fantasy movie sequences. Those musical fantasies function as distractions from political unrest and catalyze a shifting relationship between the two prisoners, evolving from enmity to cautious alliance and beyond.
In 1976, Manuel Puig wrote Kiss of the Spider Woman, an experimental novel told in dialogue and stream-of-consciousness thoughts. It followed two prisoners as they passed the time in their cell by recounting old movies. It was later adapted into a stage play, a movie starring William Hurt and Raul Julia, and then a Broadway musical in 1993 starring Chita Rivera. Now, that musical is getting a glitzy movie adaptation starring Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez, and Tonatiuh. Check out the trailer below:
This new adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman is written and directed by Bill Condon, who previously wrote the Academy Award-winning movie adaptation of Chicago. Much like Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman plays with the concept of fantasy. In classic movie musical fashion, characters go from the prison cell to a glitzy Hollywood set and back again in the blink of an eye.
Of course, it's not all about having fun imagining Jennifer Lopez in different flashy outfits singing and dancing: these "movies" only serve as distraction for the political unrest both characters are embroiled in, prompting their relationship to change from enemies to cautious allies to something else entirely. Jennifer Lopez plays the enigmatic movie star Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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