1. Bizet's Carmen vs A Hip-Hopera
... many changes had to be made so that it could be adopted into modern culture, such as the most noticeable change of involving rap music as supposed to the original classical form. Since rap is already a commercial sensation, MTV capitalized on its popularity by converting the entire Carmen story into the hip-hop genre, dubbing ... be natural entertainers, which could be translated into having the same characteristics, as well as being just as seductive and sexual as the gypsies were. Along with the society that the story has been transposed to, the music must also be fit the change. Clas...
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