on broadway and a chorus line be pure magic . from the second the show open with a spectacular burst of energy to the truly grand finale and a joyous curtain call of all those chorus member who we grow to love during the course of the show and we be totally engage captivate by the intensely personal story and some funny and some clever and some stirring and of this chorus line . the movie be another matter entirely . the focus be now on the director and what an ogre he be . every time the film switch to michael douglas and there he be with a bitter and sour expression and bark out question and order and screaming and yelling whenever he get the chance . yikes . that change the dynamic of the story . on broadway and the director be indeed an imperious offstage presence and but he be also sort of a theatrical device to allow the story of these amazing strong or fragile or intriguing or hilarious chorus line member to be tell with insight and clarity . there be a reason this work win the pulitzer prize . and actually in one of the only moments the director appear and he be there to comfort the young puerto rican dancer after we hear that dancer heart break story . he appear again to ultimately express his genuine affection or concern for cassie . but in the movie and from the second douglas director start bitterly barking order and the chorus line member story become secondary . it like they be in a lousy profession and where a jaded director instead of show the joy at create a new excite theatrical show and be jade and exhaust and furious at have to audition these chorus member . on stage and there be always the excitement of the show . here in the movie practically from the word go and you feel sorry for everyone involve . during the course of the musical and we desperately wish every single one of those chorus member well and and how happy we would have be if they have all get the job . but of course that couldn not happen . but in the finale when they all come back in glorious costume with those amaze spin mirror on stage and sometimes reflect u in the audience and in our heart and and we know and also in the heart of all those chorus member both accepted and reject and they be on stage forever dance in a profession they love so much and bring magic to the theatre . in the movie and after all the misplaced story line and emphasis and that magic becomes totally dilute . all we feel ( even with the exact same curtain call ) and be that some of the member get a job with a mean spirit director . so they all come on the screen and be dance again . big deal .