| re: Angelica in "Hamilton" | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 11:32 am EDT 07/05/20 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 11:32 am EDT 07/05/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Angelica in "Hamilton" - ryhog 11:16 am EDT 07/05/20 | |
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| Your devil's advocacy makes sense, and I agree that the character has no history-backed stake in any outcome. I'm more intrigued with the craft aspect. Marsha Norman famously described theatrical storytelling as a pact between audience and playwright: when you introduce an idea, you make a promise: stick around and I'll pay this off. It's about Norman described as harnessing expectation. So my point is more to that point: a mid-act number like "Satisfied" is so off-the-charts filled with appetite whetting expectation, we feel promised more of same. Further revelations or actions may not be historically earned, but that expectation may be a baked in issue with a electric number so strongly conceived and staged. And performed, needless to say. |
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