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re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog...

Posted by: lordofspeech 12:57 pm EDT 05/09/15
In reply to: re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - AlanScott 08:15 pm EDT 05/08/15

I think the poster was being hyperbolic, but the parents are both ick-y, even though, in an historical context, they're forgivable. Maria doesn't cave to the Nazis, Nellie breaks through her prejudice, Dot & George and Bobby & Joanne move on, Guenevere & Arthur make peace, Eliza stands up for herself, etc. The parents in FUN HOME stay stuck and the grown-up artist records the stuckness. Might want to throw a shoe just to wake them to trying a different way. Not bad, though. We kinda want to throw things at Troilus & Cressida and Hedda, too.


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re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog...

Posted by: AlanScott 06:17 pm EDT 05/09/15
In reply to: re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - lordofspeech 12:57 pm EDT 05/09/15

LOL. Yes, I agree that the poster was being hyperbolic, but I could add a lot of other leading characters in renowned musicals and plays who basically remain stuck or, even if they move forward a bit, still behave in exceedingly frustrating and stupid ways most of a time. Is there anyone in The Seagull at whom you might not want to throw a shoe? And Long Day's Journey Into Night? Does Hamlet ever get "unstuck"? The most you can says is that he accepts death may come at any moment and he's ready for it. Not exactly uplifting.

Anyway, although she is still trying to understand her father, Alison has moved on by making art out of her parents' lives.


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