| re: A couple of specific points and questions after seeing the screening last night at the Skirball | |
| Posted by: pierce 10:45 pm EST 11/21/17 | |
| In reply to: re: A couple of specific points and questions after seeing the screening last night at the Skirball - Chromolume 08:04 pm EST 11/21/17 | |
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| I've come across statements from Hal Prince, and perhaps Stephen Sondheim as well, that they considered Ben the most important character in Follies. And since he's the only one of the four principals who doesn't come to terms with the choices he's made during the Loveland sequence, it makes perfect sense his number collapses into chaos. "Buddy's Blues," "Losing My Mind," and "Lucy & Jessie" all exhibit their character's willingness to address their foibles and hangups; "Live Laugh Love" doesn't, which is why Ben loses it when he's confronted with his continuing self-delusion. So I agree completely - Ben isn't "privileged" with a breakdown because he's a rich guy; he has a breakdown because he's the most self-deluding of the four. His personal "folly" tops everyone else's because, almost up to the last minute, he won't admit he's fooling himself. |
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