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| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:13 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: I respectfully disagree. - DanielVincent 03:05 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| I suspect the main issue here is whether or not one knows going in to see the show that Clara is supposed to be 26. If one does know that, I could see why Celia's child-like quality would be a wonderful asset to her performance and to the show, whereas if one does not have this info ahead of time, I could certainly understand why that same quality would be confusing as to exactly how old the character is meant to be. | |
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| re: I respectfully disagree. | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 04:28 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I respectfully disagree. - Michael_Portantiere 03:13 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| Maybe this is splitting hairs, but does one have to have this info ahead of time? I vividly remember a scene where Fabrizio's father freaks out when he reads the marriage paperwork and learns that Clara is 26, much older than his son. Maybe this scene wasn't in the show when CKB was playing Clara? But if it was, then it shouldn't be confusing how old she is and one shouldn't have to know in advance, right? But maybe the earlier poster is talking more about how she "reads" than what the libretto is telling us. I do think CKB can read very child like, as evidenced by her being cast to play children numerous times. I didn't see CKB in Piazza, but some who did told me that she played whatever impairments resulted from the horse incident in a more apparent way than Kelli. Perhaps this playing of mental "otherness" came across as more childish? | |
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| re: I respectfully disagree. | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 05:12 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I respectfully disagree. - EvFoDr 04:28 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| "Maybe this is splitting hairs, but does one have to have this info ahead of time? I vividly remember a scene where Fabrizio's father freaks out when he reads the marriage paperwork and learns that Clara is 26, much older than his son. Maybe this scene wasn't in the show when CKB was playing Clara? But if it was, then it shouldn't be confusing how old she is and one shouldn't have to know in advance, right?" Yes, but I assume the issue was possible audience confusion about Clara's age BEFORE it as mentioned that she's 26. On that note, see JereNYC's post below. |
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| re: I respectfully disagree. | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:59 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I respectfully disagree. - EvFoDr 04:28 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| I vaguely remember that audience confusion on this point continued in previews at Lincoln Center and the creatives decided to add a scene that revealed this information to the audience much earlier on in the show. | |
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