| re: Still set in the soap world? |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:08 pm EST 01/25/18 |
| In reply to: re: Still set in the soap world? - JereNYC 10:23 am EST 01/25/18 |
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"And then there's the practical side of employment in the US, even in 1982. Does Dorothy Michaels have a SSN? A driving licence? A passport? She would always have had to provide some kind of hard documentation of her identity and I don't think the film goes into that at all. How was Michael Dorsey able to cash paychecks made out to Dorothy Michaels? Was direct deposit a thing then?"
Excellent points, but I guess these are just the sort of real-life questions we're not supposed to ask about stories like this, which require an extra-high level of suspension of disbelief for them to work at all.
As for the time period of the musical, I would say that it will almost have to be a period piece for the reasons mentioned -- but that would present its own set of challenges. So it will be very interesting to see what decision is made in that regard. |
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