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| Last Edit: Chromolume 07:59 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:57 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 03:17 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| But - radio contests themselves are certainly not anachronistic to the 40's, even if there was nothing quite like the one in the musical. (But do we know there weren't?) I didn't take the comment about American Idol/The Voice to be quite so literal - I heard it suggesting that such contests just inspired the idea for the musical's story - not that there was supposed to be a literal parallel. Musicals have used media-fueled contests before, historically accurate or not. I think if TracyTurnblad can dance on the Corny Collins show and Kim McAfee can kiss Birdie on the Ed Sullivan Show, then Donny Novitsky can certainly cobble a band together and enter a radio contest. ;-) And don't forget that President John P. Wintergreen's first lady was supposed to be the winner of a country-wide beauty contest. ;-) |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: Ann 09:15 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Chromolume 07:57 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| A radio contest isn't a far-fetched idea. I didn't hear exactly what they said after the screening. I thought the poster was saying the ending was logical because of the American Idol/The Voice basis, and I couldn't see that being authentic. The anachronistic parts were that they would sing a song like one, and that they would become famous for a song like that at that time. | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: Delvino 10:06 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 09:15 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Agree; well said. | |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:55 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 09:15 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| That's fair - you're right that the song (i.e. the lyrics) they chose to sing would not have been true to form at that time - perhaps the writers ultimately boxed themselves into a corner by trying to tell 2 stories at once - the fictional one, and the real plight of vets living with PTSD and other war-related disorders - much as I applaud them for trying. Also, I did wonder if the idea of changing the lyrics on-air and not getting called on it was strange - except for the fact that they sang so little of the song at the audition, that the producer may not have realized. In terms of AI and The Voice, what I thought I heard was that the current popularity of those kind of contest shows was a plot inspiration in general, not the ending of the musical specifically. |
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| re: Bandstand ending question | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 09:47 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 09:15 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| My thought was that as soon as Julia got to the lyrics about Davey putting away a fifth of vodka every night to block out what he'd seen, the radio producer would have pulled the plug--oops, lost our signal, folks. Laura |
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