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| re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? | |
| Posted by: StageLover 06:28 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? - scoot1er 04:14 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| I agree. Hammerstein was Sondheim's mentor, at a time Sondheim needed one. Some might say Sondheim was just being honest. I'd say ungrateful. |
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| re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 10:58 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 10:54 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? - StageLover 06:28 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
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| For someone who is a master of words in his lyrics, I don't get why Sondheim would phrase his description of Hammerstein that way. Certainly Hammerstein didn't write in the witty style of Lorenz Hart, but he did his own style successfully and well. For every "lark that is learning to pray" Hammerstein wrote, Sondheim had his own "it's alarming how charming I feel". Hammerstein may not have been ashamed of the former either, unlike Sondheim who is of the latter. Sondheim got a lot of advice, important business introductions and musical theater know-how from Hammerstein, and it just doesn't seem right for him to phrase Hammerstein as having "limited talent", even if he wants to contrast it with the compliment of unlimited soul. He should have done a rewrite. In acting class, I recall the teacher saying if you want to play someone who is mean, have the objective of "just being really honest". |
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| re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cozy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 12:26 am EDT 07/09/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:20 am EDT 07/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rodgers and Hammerstein: cosy box-office bankers or radical trailblazers? - PlayWiz 10:54 pm EDT 07/08/21 | |
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| Well, Sondheim says a whole lot of things about other writers in the "Finishing The Hat" books that I disagree with, and I find his opinions there often way too sour. BUT - they're his opinions, and I suppose it's interesting to know what he really thinks of his colleagues' work. I'd rather he speak his mind than throwing phony compliments around, even if I don't agree very much with his assessments. | |
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