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| re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 06:17 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company - davei2000 02:55 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
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| I've never thought of it as a lie, more of a comment on the lazy disconnected modern society who scurries around without regard for obligation or planning and lets it be enough for a machine or an operator to explain to the person they had plans with why they couldn't get there or answer the phone. To me the emphasis is on the lack of personal responsibility and connection. | |
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| re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company | |
| Last Edit: davei2000 07:51 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| Posted by: davei2000 07:49 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company - Chazwaza 06:17 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
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| I don't think it's a lie either, just trying not to completely rule out what the OP was saying, but the lazy or irresponsible thing would be not to do anything. This promise to give a message through the service, because you won't be near a phone, is kind of sad in its maybe doomed effort not to fall out of touch. I used to say the new line should be I'll call you in the morning if there's service on the train...(Or plane...Do people actually use onboard phones in flight? I know you can't use your own...) Maybe better would be, I'll call you in the morning or my intern will explain... |
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| re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 07:43 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:41 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company - Chazwaza 06:17 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
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| As AlanScott alludes to above, I don't really think "lazy" is part of this. The opening vamp of the show (i.e. the vamp that begins the song "Company" - the rhythm of which continues throughout the entire song in various ways) is meant to be a musical imitation of a busy signal - and of course on the original recording this is made literally clear. When Marta asks Bobby what he thinks the pulse of the city is, he responds "a busy signal?" And, of course you have the busy, restless feeling of the accompaniment to "Another 100 People" to boot. Not lazy - busy. Too busy to even answer the phone call. Which is why the service is there to pick it up. ;-) |
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| re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:30 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company - Chromolume 07:41 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
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| Yes, agreed. I meant more emotionally lazy, lazy with regard to prioritizing the personal touch. But yes busy says it regardless. | |
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| re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company | |
| Posted by: gcarl44 04:30 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Look I’ll call you in the morning or my service will explain” from Company - Chazwaza 10:30 pm EST 12/15/17 | |
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| Yes, in agreement with you both. I have been reading through this thread, and it seems like most folks are focusing in on an attitude Bobby may have about his one-nite-stands and commitment. People seem to have forgotten that the line is in the song "Another 100 People", which is about the increasingly impersonal nature of a huge, buzzing, busy metropolis and the difficulty of connecting with another person. | |
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