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re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”?
Posted by: andyboy 04:10 pm EST 02/22/20
In reply to: re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”? - PlayWiz 03:39 pm EST 02/22/20

Gee, if Sondheim wants to be embarrassed about a lyric from WSS, he could easily zero in on this one:

Tonight, tonight
The world is full of light
With suns and moons all over the place
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Sondheim addresses: 'The world was just an address'
Posted by: WaymanWong 11:46 pm EST 02/22/20
In reply to: re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”? - andyboy 04:10 pm EST 02/22/20

Link '60 Minutes' Overtime: What embarrasses Stephen Sondheim (in 2020)
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re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”?
Posted by: PlayWiz 06:08 pm EST 02/22/20
In reply to: re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”? - andyboy 04:10 pm EST 02/22/20

Romeo and Juliet have been famously referred to as "star-crossed lovers", so evoking astronomy fits right in.
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re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”?
Posted by: showtunetrivia 06:04 pm EST 02/22/20
In reply to: re: What’s wrong with “I feel pretty”? - andyboy 04:10 pm EST 02/22/20

There’s a recurring motif of astronomical references in both R&J and WSS. I love each one, for the way it evokes the original source, yet couched as love-drunk, poorly educated young people might say.

I think WSS does have its share of purple passages, but not that one.

Laura
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