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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 05:27 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - lordofspeech 09:38 pm EST 02/08/21 | |
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| I remember at the time there was much discussion here about Clara and her condition which included many perspectives and responses. In my day job, I work with people with a variety of mental conditions, including brain injuries. What resonated with me in The Light in the Piazza was how sensitively and, in my view, accurately the piece portrays the enormity of what it means to raise a child with a "disability", especially when that child, whom you have protected and nurtured and kept safe reaches adulthood, both chronologically and developmentally. I understand the movie may have gone a different direction, emphasizing different aspects of the characters, but the play seems to show that Clara has become more capable than Margaret was led to believe she could ever be. And even more so, Clara is deserving of happiness and independence regardless of her injury. |
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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 11:35 am EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - Quicheo 05:27 pm EST 02/10/21 | |
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| Is it that Clara is more capable that Margaret thought or is that, as Margaret herself points out, her disability will be less apparent in Italy because, if anyone notices anything...off...about her, it will be put down to cultural differences and her facility with the language? Maybe it's both, although Clara seems relatively functional even at the beginning of the show. I love that Margaret grasps the idea that marrying Fabrizio and living in Italy is probably Clara's best and only shot at anything resembling a "normal" life. It would never happen, but I would love a sequel that checks in with these characters 10 or even 20 years later. I have this idea that Margaret eventually ends up Italy herself, either separating from her husband or after his death. Maybe she's the next one due for an Italian romance, perhaps something a bit happier than Leona Samish's. |
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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:46 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - JereNYC 11:35 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| It would never happen, but I would love a sequel that checks in with these characters 10 or even 20 years later. I have this idea that Margaret eventually ends up Italy herself, either separating from her husband or after his death. Maybe she's the next one due for an Italian romance, perhaps something a bit happier than Leona Samish's. You don't think that Margaret becomes Sr. Naccarelli's 2nd wife? (Or does he just have an affair with her while still married to his current wife?) Fabrizio, unfortunately, will probably not relinquish his fetish for young American girls with flying hats. ;-) |
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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 11:29 am EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - Chromolume 10:46 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| Both of those questions are ones that I would love to revisit. Clearly, there's some attraction between Margaret and Signore Naccarelli, but I can't imagine Margaret engaging in an affair if she or he were still married. Although, perhaps that might be the meat of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA 2. Maybe Margaret discovers her light in a way that she wasn't expecting. I hope that Fabrizio doesn't break Clara's heart. If we're going with a story in which Margaret and Naccarelli are having an affair, perhaps it might be interesting to juxtapose that with the younger couple being completely devoted to each other and shocked to the core when the news comes out. |
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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 04:20 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - JereNYC 11:35 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| "Is it that Clara is more capable that Margaret thought or is that, as Margaret herself points out, her disability will be less apparent in Italy because, if anyone notices anything...off...about her, it will be put down to cultural differences and her facility with the language? Maybe it's both, although Clara seems relatively functional even at the beginning of the show." I think it is both. If I recall correctly, the only two moments in the show when Clara's disability seems very apparent are when she panics after becoming lost in the streets of Florence, and then later during that dispute with Franca. Her other behavior, such as her reaction to the statues of naked men, could probably -- if we didn't know the truth -- be chalked up to her sense of humor and/or a sort of childlike, innocent nature that would not necessarily be considered abnormal. At one point, when Margaret's husband objects to the Clara-Fabrizio relationship during one of his phone conversations with Margaret, he says something like, "If she has a child, she will drop it." I don't think we see anything in Clara's behavior to support that fear, so perhaps she has become more mentally capable than her father or mother had thought she would. |
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| re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 02:25 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia, Kelli, Wayne, Matthew, Sarah and Kelli (long) - JereNYC 11:35 am EST 02/11/21 | |
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| One of the reasons that the title song is so powerful is that Clara is so sure, so articulate about her feelings . Margaret is taken off guard as to how much her daughter has grown since meeting Fabrizio. During the recent Lincoln Center talk with Vicki Clark, she said that is the turning point in her decision to support the marriage. | |
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