| re: So, Encores erased the fat character in Tap Dance Kid. Have other major productions? Has Encores done this before? | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 05:57 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:53 pm EST 02/07/22 | |
| In reply to: re: So, Encores erased the fat character in Tap Dance Kid. Have other major productions? Has Encores done this before? - Singapore/Fling 04:24 pm EST 02/06/22 | |
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| Why should they have to bring in "representatives who can speak on ways to successfully navigate the language and narrative role of that character."? So now they should have paid someone... what, a dramaturg who is also fat, i'm guessing? ... to consult on how to alter a show that isn't even meant to be a new show? The point of Encores is to give audiences a chance to see an underseen/underappreciated gem, focused primarily on celebrating the score of that show. The show was written with this character being fat. The only thing they needed to do was present the show and cast the fat character as fat. If the original script is notably cruel or awful with/to the fat character I guess rewriting would be worthwhile. But to what extent? And was that even the case? Encores shouldn't be rewriting shows to appeal to the audience of the present day. Especially when they aren't trying to do a major overhaul to give the show a new form/life, like it seems they're doing with The Life (though I'd rather they just do the original show and let another organization with a different goal do an overhaul revisal version). Are productions now meant to add consultants from the community of any minority group (be it racial, sexual, gender, body type, mental health, nationality, the list goes on and on) that get paid to give them notes on how to think about a script that is already written and published from a long time ago? And then what if they don't agree or implement that person's notes or guidance? And who's to say that representative speaks for the sensibilities or what's "offensive" to everyone in that "community"? One person's experience being fat might be different than this character's experience. The world around the rep is different than the world around the character in the show. And different than each audience member who has the potential to be offended or bothered by the way it is written. This is true of everything. So would this be to shave it down into something no one would be offended by (which usually means making the character an idealized version of a person), or so there's someone officially hired to validate it and hide behind if anyone is offended and says something online? Maybe I'm taking your notion the wrong way, but it seems to be the answer would have been to just keep the character fat, not change the script, and cast it appropriately. |
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