| Here! Here! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 03:47 pm EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: disagree on almost all points - Chazwaza 11:18 am EST 02/18/19 | |
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| I'm with you on all of this. The idea that people are positing- that this is now the "definitive" Company- is mind-boggling to me. I would like to see another actor as Bobbi. Rosalie Craig to me is an alabaster princess. (Of course the first time I saw her was in The Light Princess, so I may be biased....) She doesn't exude much sexuality and I think Bobbi needs to be as horny and vulpine as Bobby is in the original. The trade off in the show is "how long can I go it alone and use sex as a substitute for a deeper, more long-lasting and possibly painful relationship?" We're not accustomed to seeing women display open and unapologetic lust on screen or on stage, so I think the casting needs to be pointed in that direction. (A young Patti would have been very interesting!) Stephanie Block comes to mind as someone who might fit the bill. Of course the biological clock is a very real and pressurised impetus for women to "settle down", but that is not what Company is about. I think Sondheim must just be happy people are doing his work, that the royalties are coming in and people are talking about him. I can't believe a man with the rigorous intellect and sharp wit that he has could not see the profound flaws in the results of Ms Elliot's reimagining. I'm not sure Company will ever have the impact not had in 1970. That book by George Furth is just so ear-shatteringly hackneyed that a modern audience has to take a huge leap to take the characters seriously. All the karate-playing and pot-smoking is just so painful to watch, even in the solidest productions. I'm so glad I have Sam Mendes' 1995 Donmar production to keep me warm and remember the depth of feeling that Adrian Lester brought to the role. He was able to ooze sex while still convincing as a little boy lost. (I was front row centre and watching "Barcelona", I felt almost like April we were so close.) Oh! And saying that "Randy/Andy" is as good a lyric as "June/April" is absurd! (Maybe if the show were set in England, "randy" might have worked as a double entendre, but not in NYC.) |
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