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re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material...

Posted by:	Michael_Portantiere 02:54 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to:	re: UGH! I can't think of a worse choice to re-invent this material... - PlayWiz 02:16 pm EST 11/02/15

"In either the film 'Funny Girl' or 'Funny Lady' (I forget which) there is a short scene where she has just finished performing Snooks in costume in front of an audience watching a radio broadcast. I don't know if it's also in FUNNY LADY, but it is in FUNNY GIRL, although I don't think it's a radio broadcast. From the wings, we see Fanny cavorting on stage as Baby Snooks, then she comes offstage and hears the new that Nick was arrested. "The film's problem is the much weaker 2nd half: besides 'Sadie, Sadie' it doesn't have much comedy in it." Another reason why "Find Yourself a Man" is a useful number in the stage version, even if it's not a great song. "'The Swan' is too weak and not really funny, even if we are shown cutaway shots to the audience enjoying it." I don't believe that number has cutaway shots of the audience enjoying it. I think there is some humor in the number, but it's not filmed well, and it's something of a mess in the way they edited it down from the much longer version. Nice to have Tommy Rall in it as the Prince, though!

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