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Yes, always noted that redundancy

Posted by:	Delvino 07:44 pm EDT 08/12/14
In reply to:	re: Hello Dolly - film changes - LegitOnce 10:11 pm EDT 08/11/14

"World Take Me Back" is vintage Herman, so full of syncopation and catchy melody. It's a great Merman song. Unfortunately, it voices pretty much the same sentiment as "Before the Parade..." I never understood how it worked in the show, since Dolly must arrive at her epiphany and then ... sort of have it more fully, i.e. with choral participation behind her, shortly thereafter. I suppose it can be parsed, that "World" states a goal and "Parade" affirms an assumed immediate result. But redundancy comes to mind, at least out of contex. I heard -- AlanScott reported, I'm sure of it -- that Merman simply walked down on the runway and sang "World," with no special staging or focus. I don't know what exchange of dialog segued into it.

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