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| A couple of critics on Company's book, 1995 and 2006 | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 11:17 am EST 01/02/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 11:16 am EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: My Company rant in general - not targeted to you, kidmanboy - with staging spoilers - Delvino 10:43 am EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Worth noting, the way the book was described in the first first revival, in 1995 "Though the new production pretends to be timeless, the talk of relationships and commitment forever anchors the show in the 1970's, when sending up such jargon seemed a much wittier endeavor than it does in the 1990's. Mr. Furth's plotless book is no longer startling, but it provides a serviceable frame for the Sondheim music and words." Vincent Canby, NY Times, 10/6/1995 And then: "The actors are mainly bland, a fault that stings all the worse in the parts of the show that have become dated, both in language (“stewardess,” “grass,” “make it”) and outlook (the young generation doesn’t look at thirtysomethings as the enemy anymore, except maybe when the grown-ups won’t stop bugging them for new MP3s)," Jeremy McCarter, NY Magazine, 11/30/2006 |
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| re: A couple of critics on Company's book, 1995 and 2006 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 03:22 pm EST 01/02/22 | |
| In reply to: A couple of critics on Company's book, 1995 and 2006 - Delvino 11:16 am EST 01/02/22 | |
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| Well I was 23 when I saw that revival and it was funny and relevant to me... outside of the silly choice to not alter clearly dated language and a few things, I felt I could buy it being written then. But as to "the young generation doesn’t look at thirtysomethings as the enemy anymore"... boy have things changed. We are now back to it being true that the younger generation DOES view 30somethings as the enemy... whether it's the economy or the environment or technology or social media or woke culture, etc... I don't think this current revival, meant to be set in present day, is the best one to make a case for it being convincing in modern day, but I do think it's funny how that criticism of the book being dated in this sense in 2006 is not such an issue now. However I didn't find it to ring especially loudly or true in 2006 as an issue, and I was 7 years away from 30, and I guess the young generation then. But what is he even talking about? Marta? The weed scene? There are prudish people in every generation, including friends that would surprise you, or who become less adventurous after they get married/have kids, etc. I'll have to revisit it. |
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