| re: Question regarding 1987 London production of FOLLIES | |
| Posted by: dooey 12:00 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: Question regarding 1987 London production of FOLLIES - RobertC 09:47 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| My two cents: I like "Country House" because it adds the element of "the child" into their relationship. Phyllis is desperate to fix their relationship and willing to try anything--a country house, a trip abroad, a shrink, anything just as long as they don't have to delve deep and confront what's really wrong in their relationship . Sad... Is this song 100% right for FOLLIES? Probably not. Should this song replace "Road You Didn't Take?" God, no! For me, it just adds another dimension to their relationship and fleshes out the characters a little more. As for "Ah, But Underneath"... I guess my opinion differs quite a bit from others who posted already. I LOVE this song. To me it articulates Phyllis's folly more precisely. In "Lucy and Jesse", we're told she's mixed up because she's two different women in one. I disagree. I think Phyllis's problem is that she's spent her whole life trying to craft herself into the woman that Ben wants that she has no idea who she is anymore. She has lost her core sense of self. So in "Underneath" when she starts stripping away the layers, she discovers there's nothing left of herself under all of those layers. Sad and tragic. "Sometimes when the wrappings fall, there's nothing underneath at all." Also, "Lucy and Jesse" makes its point and then just repeats it. "Underneath" builds towards something and then packs a punch in the end. I prefer that. Plus, I think "Underneath" provides more variety in the Loveland sequence. "Lucy and Jesse" and "Love, Laugh, Live" are both big dance routines with an ensemble. The strip tease provides something different. Btw, I saw Kim Crosby (original Cinderella in ITW on B'way) play Phyllis in Great Barrington MA and she performed "Ah, But Underneath." |
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