| re: Gilbert & Sullivan | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:33 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:32 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Gilbert & Sullivan - DavidEsq 11:12 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
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| The music is very period and much of the humor intellectual based on issues of that day. Yes. The music has occasionally been pastiched (if I can verb that word) in scores - certainly in A Gentleman's Guide, and of course the British Admiral's section of "Please Hello" in Pacific Overtures. Also the "Speed Test" number in Thoroughly Modern Millie is literally straight out of Ruddigore (as is, by the way, the idea of the ancestors' portraits coming to life as used in Me And My Girl). But a whole score with an authentic G&S feel might not work as well. And yes, some of the plots are so specific to British satire that they might not translate well to audiences who don't already know something about the shows. Patience comes to mind - would a modern audience not "into G&S" be up for a satire on the 19th century Aesthetic Movement lol? (Though I did a production a while back where the director tried a different take with the cast - knowing the Aesthetic plot would play itself, he put the emphasis on the love plot - particularly the dragoons coming back to claim their wives, to find them all madly in love with poets instead. I think it helped clarify what was actually going on.) |
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