| re: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? |
| Last Edit: whereismikeyfl 08:44 am EDT 08/19/17 |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 08:41 am EDT 08/19/17 |
| In reply to: IS "MAME" NOW UNPRODUCABLE DUE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE? - Jax 03:27 pm EDT 08/17/17 |
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Mame has been close to unproduceable for some time now. The attitudes about class and wealth are less appealing than they were when the play was originally produced. A "free spirited" upper class woman just does not get the same sympathy she would have gotten at the time the work was written. Today she plays more entitled, irresponsible, and condescending--even after the transformation Patrick brings. And given the skeletal nature of musical theater books, there is little room to work against that.
It is possible that some imaginative director will find some other way into the material that can make it more appealing to today's audience. But social change has made this one a hard sell with mass audiences. That has nothing to do with the quality of the material itself. |
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