| AGREE that Michael John LaChiusa should re-visit MARIE CHRISTINE |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 10:42 am EDT 04/17/20 |
| In reply to: Marie Christine - Chazwaza 04:45 am EDT 04/16/20 |
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I know that Michael John LaChiusa has been a regular reader here. Not sure if he posts.
And so Michael John, if you're reading, I agree with Chazwaza that MARIE CHRISTINE deserves a revisit.
Basically, rewrite everything for Dante. Maybe rethink the character to make him more appealing from the beginning. I think the audience needs to be rooting for him more... or the tragedy doesn't feel tragic.
I should probably go back and watch MEDEA again. It's been forever. Maybe the audience doesn't like Jason there either.
Either way. I think the audience needs to question its loyalties to Marie Christine herself for the show to work. We know she killed her own kids. Are we possibly gonna think she made the right decision? That tension is the ultimate dramatic tension of the entire story.
The recent adaptation of "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" is a good template... we're really not sure until the very end whether we're gonna side with Frances McDorman's character or not.
Anyway.
Chazwaza is right. That writing for the women is pretty exquisite. I love the stuff for Marie, but holy crap, when Mary Testa comes in and FRIES those vocals like an egg on a hot skillet... man. Just delicious delicious.
Felt very lucky to have seen that show.
- GMB |
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