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| my issue with the new "Loveland" with the letters | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 01:51 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Question regarding 1987 London production of FOLLIES - AlanScott 01:39 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| The lyrics that go with each letter seem to me to be too knowing, to in on the bitter nightmare of the Follies fantasy sequence. The original lyrics have two sides to them, with an edge on one, the new ones are mostly just the edge. It is obviously from the beginning that we are not in a real follies number, and I don't know why Sondheim would want that. It takes me out of it completely. | |
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| re: my issue with the new "Loveland" with the letters | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:55 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: my issue with the new "Loveland" with the letters - Chazwaza 01:51 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| I agree. I don't like the new "Loveland" for precisely the reason that it's too openly satirical and mocking. It doesn't sound to me like a real period song but a very satirical (although not funny) comment on one, whereas the original almost does sound like a real period song. I hate it every time I have to sit through a production using even the spoken parts. | |
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| re: my issue with the new "Loveland" with the letters | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 02:18 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: my issue with the new "Loveland" with the letters - AlanScott 01:55 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| Not to mention how cheap and lame it looks when they bring out the cut out letters... | |
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