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| Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: theatreguy40 04:31 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: My Company rant in general - not targeted to you, kidmanboy - with staging spoilers - Chazwaza 02:41 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| I felt the gender switch worked at times but there were times it just didn't feel right... For example: Having the Wives sing "Have I Got a Guy for You' to Bobbi felt right... but having the husbands sing "Poor Baby" didn't feel right. In the original - The wives sing "Poor Baby" to Robert mostly because they want to "mother" him. In this revival - having the husbands sing "Poor Baby" to Bobbi just felt creepy. Another example: I just didn't buy Bobbi asking Harry "Are you ever sorry you got married?" and having Harry (and the other husbands) sing "Sorry-Grateful". It is such an intimate and private question that she asks --- and by asking Harry, it makes it seem that she is closer to the husbands than she is to the wives -- which I just don't buy. I don't know why they didn't switch and have Sarah and the wives sing "Sorry-Grateful". On a separate matter --- in this day and age of being "woke" - I found it very offensive that the gay character of Jamie was lumped with the Wives. That was a very stereotypical (and offensive) choice... Just my 2 cents... |
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| re: Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 01:15 am EST 01/01/22 | |
| In reply to: Speaking of the gender switch... - theatreguy40 04:31 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| Gosh that sounds awful. I’ll save my money. | |
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| re: Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:47 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: Speaking of the gender switch... - theatreguy40 04:31 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| When I’ve seen the show, I didn’t get the sense that what the women wanted from Bobby was to be his mother. The song works the same in the new context as it does in the original… though I cringe every time they say Bobbie ought to have “a fella”. Who uses the word anymore? | |
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| re: Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:55 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Speaking of the gender switch... - Singapore/Fling 05:47 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| though I cringe every time they say Bobbie ought to have “a fella”. Who uses the word anymore? Plus, there's something about the way the word "woman" is used originally - as if they're saying it's time for Bobby to grow up and date a "woman" instead of just the "girls" he sees occasionally. Something more adult and mature about that. So in that sense, "fella" seems even more casual and immature to me. I might even have suggested they use "man," even though it might sound slightly odd on the 2-note musical figure. |
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| re: Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:06 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Speaking of the gender switch... - Chromolume 08:55 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| Or “real man” or “husband” or “nice guy” or… Sondheim was a master lyricist, even in his final years I’d think he could have found a better option than the very anachronistic and, as you say, naive “fella”. | |
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| re: Speaking of the gender switch... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:40 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Speaking of the gender switch... - Singapore/Fling 10:06 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
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| Thank you for "husband." (Duh, lol.) :-) | |
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