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re: Please, please, stop with the BOOM.
Last Edit: towel 04:51 pm EDT 08/12/17
Posted by: towel 04:48 pm EDT 08/12/17
In reply to: Please, please, stop with the BOOM. - royscho 04:10 pm EDT 08/12/17

I found Porgy and Bess, Hair and Pippin to be very lowbrow. I learned nothing about the pieces I didn't already know. Pippin's concept of circus was imposed on the piece and wasn't an original idea. I enjoyed the circus that kept interrupting the musical that was also happening. Porgy and Bess was surrounded by controversy. I saw the first preview where Paulus's concept was still in full view - it was a nightmare. It was a watered down version of what the show can be. I went back to see it later and it was only slightly better. Hair had no edge and was so poorly staged. BOOP
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re: Please, please, stop with the BOOM.
Last Edit: royscho 07:22 pm EDT 08/13/17
Posted by: royscho 07:15 pm EDT 08/13/17
In reply to: re: Please, please, stop with the BOOM. - towel 04:48 pm EDT 08/12/17

I would say to each his own, especially in art, but your original post indicates that you're anything but objective towards Diane Paulus and her work. You also don't say why you think her work is lowbrow. You just say it's "poorly staged" or a "nightmare". Her Broadway revivals were commercially successful. She won Tonys for them and got mostly good reviews, some of them are raves. You're entitled to an opinion (biased as it is) but it looks like you're the minority.
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