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| re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. | |
| Posted by: ChattaMatta 05:40 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. - AcidJazzHands 05:25 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| Thank you for this, 27andAngry. I suspect (I could be wrong) that the new leadership views the classic Encores! fanbase as old and needing to update their thinking. They do not understand that legions of young people from various backgrounds also love Broadway history, and wish to time travel back to different Broadway eras and experience shows as they may have originally felt. ENCORES! at its heart IS about preserving Broadway for the future. The history itself IS relevant. It's not about rewriting it to suit a small handful of people's expectations on what is socially acceptable in 2022. In the article in the playbill, Kenny Leon says, "We're not creating museum pieces." A rather flippant comment. Every time I go to The Met, I see stunning works of art I had never known before. There is extraordinary value in museum pieces. ENCORES! is (was) The Met of the Broadway musical. |
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| re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. | |
| Posted by: AcidJazzHands 05:46 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. - ChattaMatta 05:40 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| Yeah, I think they are probably under the impression it's all old people who like the old shows. But while I am not super young (ie under 25) anymore, I am certainly not old and I really love older shows (AND a lot of newer ones...) I think there is this mistaken idea that young people are all offended by older materials. But I'm a millennial leftist and not some snowflake, I'm able to process dated ideas like an adult, and the same goes for my friends. | |
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| re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. | |
| Posted by: pagates 05:53 pm EST 02/08/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. - AcidJazzHands 05:46 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| Hah. This reminds me of something i heard on NPR this morning in re the culture at large: (an intro line for The Takeaway) “The real damaging thing that seems to be happening in the culture these days is that even young people seem to be listening to old music.” I was unable to listen to the program, so I don't know the actual context of the quotation, but the show's production extricated it from its context to draw in listeners pretty much as I quote it above. |
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| re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. | |
| Posted by: ChattaMatta 05:55 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. - AcidJazzHands 05:46 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| YES!!! Well said! You are the future as it must be! An important voice! | |
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| re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. | |
| Posted by: AcidJazzHands 06:00 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was the one who posted on Facebook. Here is my R.I.P to the Encores! that was. - ChattaMatta 05:55 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
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| Aww thank you, that's very kind :) | |
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