I wonder if any current playwright would be interested in doing a contemporary response to AUNTIE MAME.
It might be interesting to see a new piece that seriously considered who the character would be today and how we look at her shenanigans through modern eyes. Since the original play was written in the 1950's, about a near past 20 year span of time, we might see a Mame character moving through a New York of, for example, 1995-2015. One interesting facet of that particular span of time would be that it would allow Mame to be a fun loving party girl at the height of the Clinton 90's, take her into darker personal times during the Bush years, including a big recession which might sap her finances, and bring her back to her glory at the height of Obama. |
