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re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer?

Posted by: Chazwaza 02:09 am EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer? - Singapore/Fling 08:20 pm EDT 03/15/14

I definitely disagree that it's "a better show than 'Caroline'" ... I personally think Caroline is one of the best musicals ever written, certainly of the last 30 years, and Fun Home may be a great musical also, it isn't quite as genius to me as Caroline. I think both are "Important", one being a somewhat groundbreaking musical about involving black people and one being a somewhat groundbreaking musical involving gay people (and especially a gay woman/teenager), I don't think it's fair to discredit Caroline because it takes on an obviously important time period. Anything involving civil rights is going to end up seeming Important.


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re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer?

Posted by: bwaydiva1 12:14 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer? - Chazwaza 02:09 am EDT 03/16/14

See I didn't like Caroline AT ALL. (As I said above, I think Tesori wasn't to blame, it was more her lyricist I think-the venerated Tony Kushner. I think someone more like Heggie would have come up with better lyrics. I also found the story trite and trivial. I don't see what was so groundbreaking about it personally.)

I love Fun Home-and have seen possibilities for it for awhile now. The graphic novel has quite a following-and that factor works in its favor. The show, from what I saw, had a mixed audience in its demographics. I think it's really got a chance-and sure deserves one-to reach a wider audience. I'm hoping next season we get a transfer.


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re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer?

Posted by: Chazwaza 01:27 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer? - bwaydiva1 12:14 pm EDT 03/16/14

I would recommend checking on the cast album of Caroline. Maybe you'll see what I see in it.

I think the music is incredible and I think the lyrics are great. One of the things I love about them is that they don't sound like typical musical theater lyrics - they sound like a sometimes-lyrical play put to music. They don't always rhyme but I never listen and think about it because they seem to fit so perfectly. And when it does rhyme (which is actually very often), the places that Kushner (and Tesori) find for a rhyme, in the sounds of the words and the placement on the music, is incredible and interesting.

And also, as a play, conceptually, and plot and character and theme and tone-wise, I love it and find it to be that all-too-thrown-around "b" word... brilliant.


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re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer?

Posted by: bwaydiva1 01:47 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: re: Is FUN HOME done? No Transfer? - Chazwaza 01:27 pm EDT 03/16/14

I've listened to it. I cannot get into it. I understand that other people love it. I just don't find it very good.


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