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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - BroadwayTonyJ 05:51 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I think I would have liked that ending better as well. The ending and (to my memory) the band's big song feeling like something in the wrong era were the biggest problems in my eye. Though I don't think a downbeat ending would have helped with the tourist crowds a hit Broadway show needs. | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 10:15 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 08:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| The band's big song was always the same in both Paper Mill and Broadway. | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: Ann 10:32 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - lowwriter 10:15 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Ok. | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question (SPOILER) | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:50 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:50 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 08:27 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Agreed. It felt tonally at odds with the show's 11 o'clock spot, when they toss out the prepared number and sing the original lyrics of "Welcome Home." They basically say: winning doesn't matter, we must honor the truth about PTSD. Only then will we move on. And then, they win, and everyone becomes an overnight star. It was just wrapped up in a bow, and felt counter-intuitive, creatively, to plaster this contrived finale atop so much earned emotional catharsis. Say, a talent scout sees "Rose's Turn" and gives here a gig at a club, with Gypsy cheering her. Well, not quite. But tonally it had something like that going on | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question (SPOILER) | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 10:17 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question (SPOILER) - Delvino 08:50 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| They lose the song contest, though, and don't appear in the movie. | |
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