| re: But Winthrop is a kid |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:06 pm EST 12/29/21 |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - Ann 05:37 pm EST 12/29/21 |
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I've always had trouble keeping in mind that Mrs. Paroo is not Winthrop's grandmother - even when I know that's not the case. It's the same with Annie Get Your Gun - very tough to remember that the kids are Annie's siblings, not her own kids.
I wonder if it also may be because Mrs. Paroo is usually played with at least a bit of an Irish accent - making her seem more "old world" than her very American-sounding daughter, and in a cast where no one else really ever seems to have foreign accents. That's fact shouldn't be related to age, but somehow it does always give me the impression that Mrs. Paroo is more grandmotherly.
It probably also doesn't help that we tend to make a pair out of Winthrop and Amaryllis much more than we really see Winthrop and Marian being brother and sister. |
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