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| Last Edit: seeseveryshow 12:04 pm EDT 08/05/20 | |
| Posted by: seeseveryshow 12:02 pm EDT 08/05/20 | |
| In reply to: Who says it doesn't really "work"? - KingSpeed 05:24 am EDT 08/05/20 | |
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| It’s a fine show in every respect. I never took any of the criticism seriously. People expected another FAIR LADY and it wasn’t. But it was an intelligent, moving, beautifully written and scored, and stunning looking production. This opinion is based on a 60 year-old recollection of the original production, which I was lucky to see twice. |
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| re: I agree with you | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:17 pm EDT 08/10/20 | |
| In reply to: I agree with you - seeseveryshow 12:02 pm EDT 08/05/20 | |
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| "It’s a fine show in every respect. I never took any of the criticism seriously. People expected another FAIR LADY and it wasn’t. But it was an intelligent, moving, beautifully written and scored." It's great that you love it, but ever since the original production, there certainly does seem to have been enough criticism of the show -- especially the book -- that the criticism deserves to be taken seriously, which of course doesn't mean you have to agree with it. Also, do think it's telling that huge cuts and changes continued to be made to the show even after the Broadway opening, not to mention the fact that Lerner himself made some pretty major, further revisions for stage productions as late as 1980 (and also for the screenplay, but I won't count those because I realize a movie is a different animal). |
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| re: I agree with you | |
| Posted by: Erik_Haagensen 12:28 pm EDT 08/11/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I agree with you - Michael_Portantiere 02:17 pm EDT 08/10/20 | |
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| Lerner's screenplay for CAMELOT is actually somewhat of a return to his initial vision for the piece, which was much darker than what opened on Broadway in 1960. I got a copy of Me'l Dowd's first-day-of-rehearsal script for CAMELOT a number of years back, and when I read it, I was surprised to see scenes from the movie that were not in the Broadway script virtually word for word. And Guenevere and Lancelot definitely slept together on the first day of rehearsal and out of town. There was, of course, new material written for the screen as well. But the screenplay as a whole is more in concert with the first-day-of-rehearsal script than it is with the Broadway version. | |
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| re: I agree with you | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:28 pm EDT 08/11/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I agree with you - Erik_Haagensen 12:28 pm EDT 08/11/20 | |
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| And Guenevere and Lancelot definitely slept together on the first day of rehearsal They couldn't have waited until tech, at least? ;-) |
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| re: I agree with you | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:04 pm EDT 08/11/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I agree with you - Erik_Haagensen 12:28 pm EDT 08/11/20 | |
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| Thanks, Erik, that's really interesting information. | |
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