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| Posted by: keikekaze 05:48 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The Philadelphia Story - singleticket 01:05 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
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| Having lived in San Francisco for many years and having been an avid reader of the Chronicle for much of that time, I would not advise anyone to take Mick LaSalle as their authority on any cinematic subject. That said, The Philadelphia Story does present two major problems to potential revivers on the stage, or so it seems to me. The major one, I think, is that the play was originally commissioned by Hepburn and expressly written as a vehicle for her. She can make it work by riding right over its rough spots with the force of her personality. It would be unlikely that anyone else would be able to do that quite so well with this particular material; other plays and musicals written originally as star vehicles tend not to revive well either without the stars they were tailored for. (Holiday, which--I agree with those below--is a stronger play, was not written as a vehicle for Hepburn.) There is also the problem that the play's underlying attitude--explicitly stated at one point--that the very rich somehow need ***extra*** tolerance and indulgence, more so than other people, is not exactly timely in the 21st century. |
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| re: The Philadelphia Story | |
| Posted by: singleticket 06:04 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The Philadelphia Story - keikekaze 05:48 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
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| There is also the problem that the play's underlying attitude--explicitly stated at one point--that the very rich somehow need ***extra*** tolerance and indulgence, more so than other people, is not exactly timely in the 21st century. In the play or the film, do you think? I haven't read the play. I have read HOLIDAY and THE ANIMAL KINGDOM which I wouldn't say have any special pleading for the wealthy as much as an apt understanding of the price of wealth. |
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| re: The Philadelphia Story | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 06:24 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The Philadelphia Story - singleticket 06:04 pm EST 11/26/18 | |
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| I confess I haven't read the play in ages, and I was thinking of a certain line in the movie version when I made my comment above. That exact line may not be in the play--but I suspect that something very much like it is, as I don't think Stewart would have taken such liberties with Barry as to reverse the meaning of something, or to introduce a new theme. | |
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