| re: Why "Come from Away" Didn't Win The Tony | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:08 am EDT 07/07/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:02 am EDT 07/07/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Why "Come from Away" Didn't Win The Tony - Chazwaza 02:24 am EDT 07/07/17 | |
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| I had the same general feeling, fully acknowledging that my analysis is based only on the recording. And viewing the extensive set of clips multiple times. Subjectively speaking: I can get past almost any flaw in a musical but a dull stack of songs, and as I've posted, I can't get inside "Come From Away" via its score. It has the best intentions of any show on Broadway, and a heart in the right place is nothing to be sneezed at. But for me, it's not a question of whether this sliver of 9/11 story sings -- it has been made to sing some of the most generic songs written in the last few years. When it gets into more complicated areas -- like the best known number, about the pilot -- it abandons its quest as soon as it poses a question (what was it like to think of your beloved airplanes, weaponized?*) Mainly, the tunes just don't pop for me. And I've tried. And tried. I find myself playing a parlor game: what would this show sound like if {X composer, i.e. at last listen, Carol Hall} had taken this on? It's never really about whether the subject matter is inappropriate; it's about the routine execution, musically. I plan to see it this fall. If I change my mind, I'll take back every word. It's happened before. *For the record: no, I don't expect this pilot to sing about death. Maybe just go a bit deeper into anxiety, sadness; something besides exultation, which is one sustained color use for its expository purposes until the end, when the eyes are cast upward, tellingly, and then the song halts. It's tasteful to a fault. And teaches me nothing about being a pilot that particular day. I've listened to it over 10 times, wanting to "get" what others do. |
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