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| re: "Flop" does not equal "Miss", which is why we're asking for more words than just Hit and Flop | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:23 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: "Flop" does not equal "Miss", which is why we're asking for more words than just Hit and Flop - Singapore/Fling 06:04 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| my use of "miss" was 100% a brain fart. I would've sworn I typed flop as I definitely meant flop. to be clear (and I thought I said this in the prior post but now I have started questioning myself), I am in no way advocating for the exclusive use of hit and flop to mean anything other than made money/lost money. I am very happy with the use of any other words to mean a success or failure on other than financial terms. In fact I would be delighted if we just used success or failure as those two words, and let them cover any subjective assessment of a production. But hit and flop are terms of art and I do think it is wrong (imo) to misappropriate them as some seem to do. I also have a thing about cast recordings and soundtracks, but that's another song. :-) |
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| Cast Recordings | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:27 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "Flop" does not equal "Miss", which is why we're asking for more words than just Hit and Flop - ryhog 06:23 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| I just accepted a few years ago that the Cast Recording ship had sailed, lol | |
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| re: Cast Recordings | |
| Posted by: ryhog 08:34 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: Cast Recordings - Singapore/Fling 06:27 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| lol. well, I think that for the general public that is certainly true but for people who purport to be theatre people on any level (the same people who pay attention to hits and flops and successes and failures etc in anything beyond a superficial sense), I still think the distinction remains in effect. | |
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| re: Cast Recordings | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:04 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Cast Recordings - ryhog 08:34 pm EDT 10/12/21 | |
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| I have heard more and more industry people use the word "soundtrack" in recent years. And I think they all know that "cast recording" is the most "proper" term - but they don't seem to care so much anymore. When one of my students uses "soundtrack," say, in an email to me, I will tend to respond by referring to it myself as a "cast recording," but I also don't specifically correct them or say they can't use "soundtrack." We're just going to have to accept the more contemporary usage. It's like "begging the question," which doesn't mean what most people think it does when they use it - but when they use it that way, we know what is meant, and it's become rather silly to argue about it. |
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