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| even with the right star it probably can't be done! | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 05:12 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:08 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: with the right star it can be done! - Naughty_Rob 05:05 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| "Those songs alone are simply great!" Yes - taking that statement at face value, very true. (Except for "The Fox Hunt.") But, as I say in my post below, that's exactly it. The songs alone are simply great. The book is lukewarm at most, and I really don't think it would hold up well any more. Luckily, the songs don't need the book to survive. |
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| I wouldn't recommend auditioning with "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee" these days either | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:19 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: even with the right star it probably can't be done! - Chromolume 05:08 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| though folks like Judy Garland and Al Jolson recorded or filmed musical numbers with it. Things are really shaking up. I feel very troubled and am somewhat unsure what is the right thing to do, what with some of these statues being taken down in a way, since aren't they considered art, someone's handicraft? It's not like a current president or dictator's statue is being taken down like Saddam Hussein, but these Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, etc. have been up for years as a marker of history. Histories are written down and their artifacts are studied and put in museums to remind people of what came before them, good and bad. I just think things are happening so fast -- who decides what is worthy of being taken away? Al Sharpton actually played into Trump's hands by saying (I hope he wasn't serious) that they shouldn't maintain the Jefferson Monument because he owned slaves. Yes, but he also wrote the Declaration of Independence (musicalized in "1776" to help keep on theater track). These things are all troubling. "Mame" will keep. |
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| Disney | |
| Posted by: Greg_M 08:48 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: I wouldn't recommend auditioning with "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee" these days either - PlayWiz 05:19 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| who decides what is worthy of being taken away? Disney, they want to rewrite history so everything in the past was all rainbows and butterflies |
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| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 08:59 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 08:58 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: Disney - Greg_M 08:48 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| If Disney wants to create stories that promote inclusion and diversity to their target (family) audience, then fair play to them. Sensible people are not looking to Disney for preservation of the historical record. | |
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| Posted by: Greg_M 09:01 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Disney - MockingbirdGirl 08:58 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| Kid's first impressions are formed by watching Disney. Disney has a responsibility not to alter history since little kids aren't old enough to be sensible | |
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| re: Disney | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:23 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Disney - Greg_M 09:01 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| Which historial alterations are you concerned about? (Not saying that they haven't done so, but nothing immediately springs to mind, unless we're talking about "Pocahontas", which presents a fairly rosy idea of how Native Americans reacted to the invasion of their land by foreigners.) | |
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| re: Disney | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:04 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Disney - Greg_M 09:01 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| No, Disney has a responsibility to tell engaging stories (and please their shareholders). Kids don't need to see this yet: | |
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| re: Disney | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:24 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Disney - MockingbirdGirl 09:04 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| Eek. That voice is like nails on a bunch of blackboards all at once. | |
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| re: I wouldn't recommend auditioning with "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee" these days either | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 05:28 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:28 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
| In reply to: I wouldn't recommend auditioning with "Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee" these days either - PlayWiz 05:19 pm EDT 08/17/17 | |
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| I'm not going to get into the statue debate on here - not that I'm not tempted, but we should stick to theatre. As for Mame - it will keep, on mothballs...;-) |
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