| re: "play is very much still relevant if the production finds a modern way to tell the story." |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 11:05 pm EDT 03/15/22 |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 11:02 pm EDT 03/15/22 |
| In reply to: re: "play is very much still relevant if the production finds a modern way to tell the story." - Singapore/Fling 10:32 pm EDT 03/15/22 |
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| it’ll be very tricky to cast. Sabina has to be such an entertainer, but she also has to be very okay with being the chippie, the loose woman, and second-class because she’s not the wife. And I think that’s where the play might run aground...on the unfashionable un-wokeness of the husband-wife-maidservant triangle. I grant you that Wilder knew what he was doing, but the “woke” climate might disapprove of this and refuse to laugh. Sabina has to be deeply contented with her lot in life for the play to work. Like a Tuesday Weld or an Ann-Margret. Plus she’s like a charismatic emcee. Big shoes to fill. The woke culture often casts shame (and shade) upon what we used to laugh about regarding sex and sex roles. |
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