and to be honest, though it gives an actor a ton to do, i think "i'm Breaking Down" is not a very good song, not well written at all. Just look at the lyrics, which reply on repeating things we've heard plenty from the character already, weird snarky homophobic jokes about Marvin and Whizzer that don't seem to fit the reality much at all, and other weird things like "my kid seems like an idiot to me"... where does that come from? They spend half the show saying how smart he is and advanced for his age, etc. And also could they claim that Jason is "wild" any more in order to make a rhyme with "child"? What evidence is there of Jason being "wild"?
Love it though I mostly do, it's a very weird and often very oddly and poorly written musical. The frantic verbosity in which it's written gives the illusion of incredible specificity but sometimes it's the opposite. |
