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| Posted by: clothedboysinging 09:19 am EDT 08/31/18 | |
| In reply to: Riedel on Neil Simon and Jerry Zaks - StageLover 09:05 pm EDT 08/30/18 | |
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| is that there was a clash within the company over the male lead's portrayal of an effeminately Gay Richard III which was considered an affront to the AIDS epidemic. So the script changed it to a man playing a woman playing a man... or something. Much fuming in the local and national press over this. |
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| Posted by: musicaldirny 09:25 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
| In reply to: More of the story - clothedboysinging 09:19 am EDT 08/31/18 | |
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| I always thought the biggest problem with the musical of "The Goodbye Girl" is that we were supposed to be on Paula's side and against Elliot until she (and the audience grew to like him) They cast Martin Short, whom the audience was IN LOVE WITH the moment he walked on stage, which made Paula seem like a hateful shrew, (no matter what the story told you to feel). They needed to cast a brilliant NON-STAR as the obnoxious at first Elliot. |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 11:06 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: More of the story - musicaldirny 09:25 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
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| But isn't Richard Dreyfuss insanely likable the entire movie? I certainly like him. I'd have to watch the musical again to see what you're talking about. Maybe it was the way BP played her role? TOFT here I come? | |
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| Posted by: musicaldirny 02:25 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: More of the story - KingSpeed 11:06 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
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| Richard Dreyfuss went for totally obnoxious. Martin Short couldn't stop being Martin Short. Also, in the movie, by the time Elliot shows up, you really felt Paula's abandonment. |
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| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:14 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: More of the story - musicaldirny 02:25 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| True. Short even did his little dance (that he almost always does) from playing Ed Grimley on SNL. When I saw it in The Goodbye Girl, I was happy with that because I was so excited to see him live and doing his thing. Nowadays, if I saw an actor do that, it would annoy me. | |
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