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| Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: Greg_M 08:09 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| Okay it's nitpicking, but Why does Dolly sing "I'm gonna lean to dance and drink and smoke a cigarette" In Act Two, when in Act One she teaches Cornelius and Barnaby to Dance (In a big production number) in Act One? And why does Irene sing "Ribbons Down My Back - so if someone specially comes along he might notice me" right after she tells Minnie Faye that she'll marry Horace Vandergelder if he asks (and believes that's the reason for his visit that day) Is she just two timing him if something better comes along? |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: AnObserver 09:28 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: Hello Dolly nitpicking - Greg_M 08:09 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| Has Horace seen her dance? | |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 09:35 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly nitpicking - AnObserver 09:28 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
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| He's certainly seen her put on quite a display with the staff at Harmonia Gardens. Also, in THE MATCHMAKER, Horace is an acquaintance from the old days and Dolly was a friend of his wife's, so I imagine that he might have seen her dance with Ephraim at some point back in the day. I don't think that detail made it into HELLO, DOLLY!, but I could be wrong about that. |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: dlevy 08:22 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: Hello Dolly nitpicking - Greg_M 08:09 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| The scene around Ribbons Down My Back makes it very clear that Irene doesn't love Horace and is simply marrying him for practical reasons, but she hasn't entirely given up on a romantic fantasy. | |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: MarjorieMae 08:20 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: Hello Dolly nitpicking - Greg_M 08:09 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| So Long Dearie lyric was changed to "Learn to Hoochie Coo and smoke a cigarette," so that issue has been resolved. I too have wondered about Ribbons Down My Back. I guess since the most she's expecting to get out of it is hand holding, I suppose she's really not being unfaithful. Just keeping her options open. | |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:31 am EDT 07/06/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly nitpicking - MarjorieMae 08:20 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| I really don't see a problem here. Even though Irene expects that Horace is going to ask her to marry him, it has been established that she does not love him, nor has he yet popped the question. So I think it's a huge stretch to view Irene's fantasy about meeting a new love as "two timing" or anything even close to that. | |
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| re: Hello Dolly nitpicking | |
| Posted by: JayBee 09:38 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Hello Dolly nitpicking - MarjorieMae 08:20 pm EDT 07/05/17 | |
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| The "learn to sing and dance and smoke a cigarette" was changed and recorded on the 1965(?) Mary Martin album when she sings "I'm gonna learn the Hootchi-coochi, smoke a cigarette." | |
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