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| Posted by: BobD 02:02 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
| In reply to: He's not really asking for his slippers - AlanScott 06:03 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
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| A community theater production that I saw had an ending of MFL that worked very well. Higgins delivers the "slippers" line smiling; Eliza throws a slipper at him in a playful manner; Higgins throws the slipper back at her, and the slipper gets thrown back-and-forth several times as in a children's game, and the two of them collapse on the sofa, laughing. This shows that Higgins and Eliza are fond of each other, and Eliza is certainly capable of holding her own. The extent to which this relationship is a romantic one is subject to interpretIon, and is dependent of the chemistry of the performers. BTW, this is the second musical I can think of in which footwear plays an important role, the other being SHE LOVES ME (“Where's my other shoe.”) And, as it happened, Laura Benanti was featured in both shoes...er...shows. Bob |
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| re: He's not really asking for his slippers | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:01 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: He's not really asking for his slippers - BobD 02:02 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
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| Only the second? The footwear in KINKY BOOTS is so central to the plot that the show is named after it. Later this season, Encores! is presenting HIGH BUTTON SHOES, a show that I don't know at all, but I imagine the footwear must be important there as well. DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?...that title is more of a joke than anything else and doesn't really reflect on the plot, except as it concerns a group of kids in Catholic school growing up and starting to question their lives. The leading man of LUCKY STIFF is a hapless shoe salesman, a fact that gets brought up there a few times. :) That ending to MFL sounds like it could work wonderfully, still keeping the ambiguity of the original, while giving the show more a cap on the end. |
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| re: He's not really asking for his slippers | |
| Posted by: BobD 06:21 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: He's not really asking for his slippers - JereNYC 04:01 pm EST 02/25/19 | |
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| You're right. I was just thinking of shows featuring Laura Benanti. CINDERELLA is another obvious shoe-centered show. And the ever-useful Google tells me that there was a show called SHOES: THE MUSICAL and THE RED SHOES. With a bit of a stretch, we can include THE WIZARD OF OZ and WICKED. Yes, the shoe must go on! Bob |
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