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| re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:05 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" - mikem 12:50 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
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| Thanks for the deeper dive. I did not know about the accent or the headdresses, both of which are inappropriate. I do appreciate that he can listen and learn, which is difficult. This board is a regular reminder of how easily people can dig in their heels around these questions. | |
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| re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:15 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" - Singapore/Fling 01:05 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
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| To give them a little bit of slack, the accent thing is a bit tricky, because the text is not in grammatically correct English, so it would sound a bit strange to read the text in a standard accent. I'm guessing that's how they ended up with the weird accent. The accent would have been less off-putting coming from an Asian or Asian-American actress, though. | |
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| re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:16 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Protest during St. Louis "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" - mikem 01:15 am EDT 06/20/18 | |
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| One of the funny things is that Tuptim's dialogue and lyrics elsewhere are in pretty much perfect English. It's only in "Small House," which she's written, that she goes all pidgin. Still, she's probably never been outside Burma and Siam. Should she speak English with RP or Standard Stage or General American? What's the correct accent? Perhaps in 2018 it's best for an American production to go as close to General American as possible, but as you say, it's a tough question. |
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