| Not always "exactly"; but with a nod to a flavor of suspension of disbelief |
| Last Edit: Delvino 01:24 pm EST 01/25/18 |
| Posted by: Delvino 01:22 pm EST 01/25/18 |
| In reply to: EXACTLY! - Hair 01:03 pm EST 01/25/18 |
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Your use of caps and exclamation points tells us something of your strong feelings and investment in this POV: that all rules (and bets) are off in turning material into musical comedy.
The idea that the conventions of the genre and the verisimilitude of the world created are the same thing is fairly specious.
Every musicalized story must work with and within a specific pact with an audience: I'll pretend that Nellie Forbush really is a nurse, and that these ineffable feelings can only be expressed fully in song; that Cervantes pulls out a trunk and make-up and creates his most famous character in a prison, and ignites his imagination through a song; that Eva Peron addressed a besotted nation from a balcony with so much passion, a grand pop anthem can both contain and unleash it.
I expect a musical set in the world of television to operate with a viability connected to that world. Or why do it? Why not just write a show about a guy who dresses up like a woman and becomes ... the first woman president? "Tootsie" was formed around a particular actor issue, about access to roles in a particular once well-paying end of the industry. That part of the industry is almost gone. That's the valid point some of us raise. We have to believe in the characters' stakes. Without them, it's just a man in a dress singing to us. And we've seen that. |
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