| re: When Superman Briefly Flew on Broadway | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 02:58 pm EDT 08/12/20 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:55 pm EDT 08/12/20 | |
| In reply to: re: When Superman Briefly Flew on Broadway - owk 12:16 am EDT 08/12/20 | |
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| I and some friends have been discussing that on Facebook, including a friend who used to work for DC, and I think it may have been discussed here way back. It's utterly bizarre that no one involved thought they might need permission from DC to do that, especially since Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has a background writing comic books. And it's not just Aguirre-Sacasa, of course. How could DTC not have realized that perhaps they needed to check with DC? And how could none of the three surviving original writers who had gone through the original negotiations with DC not have realized this? The article should have brought this up. Changing the subject to something else that I didn't mention in my comments on the Vulture page (because this is a matter of perception, not facts) is this: "She [Lois] is, to put it mildly, a bit of a sap, deprived of all agency, who belts out 'What I’ve Always Wanted,' an homage to domestic tranquillity that is anti-matter to the then-nascent women’s-lib movement." Well, I did comment on the "belt" description on Vulture, but what I didn't say is this: The song is clearly tongue-in-cheek. Not that Lois is being satirical, but the song is making fun of the sentiments expressed by Lois. If there weren't any other tip-offs, the use of the word conformity should be the tip-off to anyone who understands what the word signified in the mid-1960s. Of course, Patricia Marand rightly sang it with seemingly complete sincerity (except perhaps just a hint of mockery on "conformity"), and Eddie Sauter smartly orchestrated it as if it was meant to be taken at face value, but the satirical intent is clear. Of course, the author is correct that the song's sentiments would have been "anti-matter to the then-nascent women’s-lib movement," but he gives no indication of understanding that the authors were not endorsing such sentiments. Indeed, he seems to think that the song was meant to be taken at face value. |
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