| I agree. These types of changes are patronizing to the audience, who knows how to put elements that have dated into context. We do it all the time with old movies. This process also defies the (original) mission of Encores!, as has been previously noted. And I'm disappointed that the Estates yeild so readily to these requests for changes. That said, Encores! has been inching in this direction for years - what's new is that now, it's officially a part of their new mission. It reminds me of when King Lear was rewritten so it had a happy ending, as Nathum Tate did in the early 1800's, or putting diapers on nude statues during the Rennaissance. This is the era in which we live. Will we look back on this era with horror or amusement or both? |
