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| re: COMPANY (Mild Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:03 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
| In reply to: COMPANY (Mild Spoilers) - Clancy 02:43 am EST 02/17/19 | |
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| "Every production of Company I’ve seen Bobby is a cipher. Why would a 35-year-old man be concerned whether he should get married? A 35-year-old woman adds much needed complexity." I'm surprised that you consider this a problem with the show as originally conceived and written, and I completely disagree. If Bobby has been a cipher in productions of COMPANY that you've seen, I think that's an entirely separate issue as to whether it's a story about a bachelor or a bachelorette being concerned -- and having his/her friends be concerned -- about whether or not s/he should get married. I think there are many reasons why a man as compared to a woman might be avoiding marriage -- some of those reasons exactly the same, some similar, some very different, depending partly on the era in which the action is set. But all interesting |
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| yes! | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:23 am EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: re: COMPANY (Mild Spoilers) - Michael_Portantiere 01:03 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
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| Totally agree with you. It's a fundamental thing about having a concept musical that takes place in a non-linear moment in Bobby's head as he turns 35... if you can't understand why a man would have feelings or issues with being 35 and single (after having had no fulfilling relationships prior) then don't bother with this show. And I can tell you, having seen this production, making Bobby a female does not do anything to "fix" or make new sense of it besides the biological clock thing which is tacked on and has nothing to do with the way the show is written or the character. It would make a wonderful new musical and someone should write it, but it's not Company by Sondheim and Furth. |
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| re: COMPANY (Mild Spoilers) | |
| Posted by: Delvino 01:41 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
| In reply to: re: COMPANY (Mild Spoilers) - Michael_Portantiere 01:03 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
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| Well said. | |
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