| re: '1776' film reviews: Historically applauded or panned? | |
| Posted by: ilw 11:23 am EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: '1776' film reviews: Historically applauded or panned? - WaymanWong 11:38 pm EDT 07/04/17 | |
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| ...and Pauline Kael: "A Broadway operetta featuring those lovable old codgers, the Founding Fathers...It's shameless: first it exploits them as clodhopping fools, and then it turns pious and reverential...Yocks and uplift - that's the formula. We get toilet jokes, frisky anachronisms, double-entendres, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence; the insulting dumb, crusty jocularity may have you shrinking in your seat." I never saw the movie, but Kael exactly describes my feelings about the 1997 Broadway revival. The combination of cutesiness (many of the first act songs) and unearned solemnity (e.g., "Momma Look Sharp") made me cringe. |
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