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| re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:16 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre - MusicalsForever 01:55 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| That is hilarious, especially considering that Rizzo isn't really pregnant, but Lady Larkin is. | |
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| re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:57 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre - JereNYC 02:16 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| True. Except that I tend to think that given the more comic angle in Mattress, vs. the edgier way the pregnancy issue is dealt with in Grease, it seemed less threatening, even though it truly is a plot point that drives the show. |
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| re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:43 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre - Chromolume 02:57 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| I wonder if including an unmarried pregnant character in MATTRESS in 1959 would have been considered shocking or edgy? As you say, this unplanned pregnancy really drives the plot, although I wonder if the fairy tale setting would have dulled the shock for the original audiences. Or maybe Lady Larkin's focus on rectifying her "mistake" by helping the other characters figure out a way to circumvent the law so she can land her man made up for it. |
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| re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:34 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question for Posters Who Work in High School Theatre - JereNYC 03:43 pm EST 02/07/18 | |
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| Was "dulling the shock" really part of the original plan, though? I mean, the show is full of sex jokes right from the title itself, and the opening number ("no one is getting any...younger..."). Perhaps time has now made some of the lyrics and situations in the show seem less edgy, but in 1959 I think audiences were certainly used to bawdy musical comedies lol. And I'm sure that Mattress was far from the first show to deal with unplanned pregnancies on some level - maybe not always as a major plot point, but for instance, the punchline of "My Mother's Wedding Day" comes to mind, and that was 1947... (Or, West Side Story's "they didn't wanna have me, but somehow I was had...") | |
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