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| re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:09 am EDT 04/03/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green - Michael_Portantiere 03:12 pm EDT 03/31/21 | |
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| I agree, it's a lazy and desperate attempt to connect Follies to current shows, and it isn't necessary. And also i think it's clear ultimately "I'm Still Here" is a book song about Carlotta's life, and not her Follies number. She would have been way too young in the Follies to do that kind of song/lyric, and it is not a Follies kind of number, and just because she starts her monologue with "I had a follies number" (or whatever it was) doesn't mean the song she starts singing IS that number. |
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| re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 07:30 pm EDT 04/03/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green - Chazwaza 09:09 am EDT 04/03/21 | |
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| ***I agree, it's a lazy and desperate attempt to connect Follies to current shows, and it isn't necessary. *** Absolutely. ***And also i think it's clear ultimately "I'm Still Here" is a book song about Carlotta's life, and not her Follies number. She would have been way too young in the Follies to do that kind of song/lyric, and it is not a Follies kind of number, and just because she starts her monologue with "I had a follies number" (or whatever it was) doesn't mean the song she starts singing IS that number.*** Of course, it's completely clear to anyone with a functioning brain. Can you believe that a piece like this was published in The New York Times? I mean, we all make mistakes, but wouldn't you think and hope that a publication like The New York Times would have editors, fact-checkers, and proof readers to prevent such writing from passing into the publication? |
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| re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green. James Goldman’s idea | |
| Posted by: Duke1979 12:08 pm EDT 04/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. by Jesse Green - Michael_Portantiere 07:30 pm EDT 04/03/21 | |
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| Of course originally Carlotta was given what could have been her Follies number, Can That Boy Foxtrot. They concluded it wasn’t right. I read recently that Goldman suggested that she needed to be given a song about survival, which was the inspiration for the replacement song. | |
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