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Is Paramount’s plan to remake Footloose with Zac Efron in Kevin Bacon’s role a horrible mistake? Many online sites are saying it is.

2006 has been a rush to remake movie musicals like Hairspray. But online fan sites of Kevin Bacon are saying that Hairspray is no Footloose.

Footloose, no matter how horrible it was as a movie, was a pop classic for its generation. For many, it was “their movie”. Hairspray never was that.

Today, the people who called Footloose their movie are in their 30s. Bacon, born the same year as Madonna, turns 50 next year. For those to see their movie remade would be as painful as having Britney Spears remaking “Like a Virgin”.

The Footloose musical was never as well received as the movie. The Footloose Efron project would be a remake of the musical adapation of Bacon’s film. The musical had mixed reception from critics but did well on ticket sales.

What do you think?

Ironically, Efron’s demographic with the smash Disney hit High School Musical 2 is not 30 year olds. Ask any preteen who Kevin Bacon is, they probably won’t know.

But if Efron’s plan is to become a leading film star for a broader demographic than kids who stay home on a Friday night to watch a Disney hit, doing a Bacon reprise may be a difficult step to dance.

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