| He may not be given support, but the way a good, well-directed male Bobby could play it, turning away from his friends at times from embarrassment or aggravation, squirming when they suggest he get a girlfriend, the three single girls originally already wondering if he was gay (ok, Sondheim took out the offending word), but still... there are ways for a good actor to play conflicted without having to resort to obvious stereotypical non-masculine ways. Some rewriting I still think would work better than other sexes being assigned different songs and/or vocal parts to accommodate a female Bobby. Again, I know others (and have been myself) dropped when a female friend got married and I was single. I have one married couple friend who the wife has told me that the husband is really gay, some gay couples and lots of single friends gay and straight. Having so many married couples for a single person is really not that believable -- what the hell do they really have in common? They've done the singles thing and met their mate already. That's behind them, like one reason why some older folks don't want to date a younger person for an extended time past the sexual attraction (some of the thinking being "been there, done that" in their life experience). |
