| re: My Company rant in general - not targeted to you, kidmanboy - with staging spoilers | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:21 pm EST 12/31/21 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:20 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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| "And perhaps it felt "sitcomy" and not fresh to you at 19 because it was not written with the ear, conversation, and comedic sensibility, of someone under 21 in mind. The show is made up of scenes from marriages... situations... and they're funny... they're going to be like a situation comedy to some extent. But they're also actually good and actually funny." I appreciate anyone (still) finding the scenes funny. But for the record, I saw every NYC revival after the original, when I was well past the age of consent and had sufficient access to sophisticates, their relationship-specific banter, and had even participated in such repartee myself. My jejune sensibilities behind me, I can attest that my "ear" grew, too. Your post presumes it's heresy to find the Furth book either dated or less successful than it once was, when in fact, many people have commented on the score holding up in ways the script might not. (Sondheim has defended Furth's work to critics.) But these are subjective takes, yours and mine. I've always loved Company, wearing out the vinyl before I ever saw the show. It's not sacrilege to question the book's ability to work as well as the iconic score, and it's still quite possible to adore the show for complex reasons while discussing Ann's point, that pushing the comedy can lessen the experience. |
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