| re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:56 am EDT 08/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Randy Rainbow’s old, racist, and transphobic tweets resurface - AlanScott 10:44 pm EDT 08/19/20 | |
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| "I think Nellie's journey is very clear. I think she takes up the mother role precisely because she doesn't know if he will return. She herself says when asked by Emile that she thinks his children are sweet. She can't get over Emile's involvement with their mother. But then she learns that Emile has gone behind enemy lines, risking his life for the things that the United States is fighting for, and that Cable is dead. And she knows what Cable told her about his inability to marry Liat even though he loves her. And then, finally, Bloody Mary and Liat come to her. Sometimes less is more." Very well expressed, thank you. "I think they got it right, even though, like many older musicals, it's a bit odd that certain things don't get sung about. It's very odd that Nellie's only major singing in act two is 'Honey Bun.' But I think her brief 'Some Enchanted Evening' reprise along with what she says in that scene and other scenes make her journey clear, and we feel it more deeply because she doesn't spell it out for us." Yes, but also, one could argue that Nellie's brief reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening" is all the more powerful BECAUSE she hasn't previously sung anything serious in Act II -- not to mention the fact that this is the first and only time that we hear her sing the main section of that beautiful song, not till about 12 minutes or so before the show ends. |
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