| 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 |
|
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... |
|
reply
|
|
| Previous: |
typo: *succeeds (not "successes... ha) (nm) - Chazwaza 12:10 am EST 01/02/22 |
| Next: |
re: Speaking of the gender switch... - KingSpeed 01:15 am EST 01/01/22 |
| Thread: |
|
