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re: MFL, OLIVER, MUSIC MAN

Posted by: chessmate 09:32 am EST 11/03/15
In reply to: re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name? - richmurphy 09:39 pm EST 11/02/15

Are three classics that remain very faithful to the stage versions. I don't think a line is changed or a scene added to MY FAIR LADY--OK, maybe Higgians doesn't take a drink before the ball on stage, and a few brief scenes are done differently, but otherwise it's the same story/songs.

One can quibble over the casting--Hepburn over Andrews, Jones over Cook--but the performers and the productions are first rate overall.


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"Have some port."

Posted by: showtunetrivia 06:00 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to: re: MFL, OLIVER, MUSIC MAN - chessmate 09:32 am EST 11/03/15

The entire sequence with Higgins and Pickering urging each other to have some port to quieten the nerves is in the stage libretto. Lerner's detailed stage directions describe Higgins' sneaking a snort behind everyone's back after coolly refusing one earlier.

Laura, who is rather fond of port herself


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re: "Have some port."

Posted by: Ann 06:25 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to: "Have some port." - showtunetrivia 06:00 pm EST 11/03/15

I cannot give a reasonable explanation for why, but I first read your subject line as "Have some pot."


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re: "Have some port."

Posted by: showtunetrivia 06:56 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to: re: "Have some port." - Ann 06:25 pm EST 11/03/15

I have many vices, but that's not one of them.

When I start reading subject lines like that, I blame the bifocals.

Laura, imagining Higgins and Pickering lighting up...


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re: "Have some port."

Posted by: Chromolume 07:22 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to: re: "Have some port." - showtunetrivia 06:56 pm EST 11/03/15

It might have helped Higgins calm down a little, lol.


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