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re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically

Posted by: AlanScott 09:40 am EST 12/07/13
In reply to: re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically - Chromolume 01:19 am EST 12/07/13

In regard to the appropriateness of the lyric, I will again post the notes on the staging of the song in the original production, taken from the notes that the R and H Org send to companies performing the show. For "Ordinary Couple," those notes read:

"'An Ordinary Couple' presents the problem of the love affair culminating after the song, though it is understood that they will get together before it begins. Never having been romantically involved with a man before, Maria shows a bit of embarrassment and awkwardness during the song. This is eliminated at the end with a kiss. In this way we keep a dramatic tension alive during the song. While the song is in progress, have the Captain gently romance Maria until she accepts his embraces warmly."

This makes a lot of sense with the dialogue that leads into the song, some of which may have been cut in the television production. I didn't record it so I can't watch it again to check exactly what was left in.

Like you, I like the song, including the somewhat unsettled quality of the accompaniment, which can be heard more clearly on the original London cast recording than on the Broadway recording.


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re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically

Posted by: mikem 09:49 am EST 12/07/13
In reply to: re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically - AlanScott 09:40 am EST 12/07/13

Is it common for directing suggestions to be distributed like that? I was not aware that was done.


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re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically

Posted by: AlanScott 10:23 am EST 12/07/13
In reply to: re: ''Something'' I've wondered about, lyrically - mikem 09:49 am EST 12/07/13

Not common at all. The only similar example I can think of are Christopher Durang's notes on The Marriage of Bette and Boo that are in the published script.


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