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| re: I was re-watching "The Music Man" last night on TCM - question about the con | |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 01:03 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 12:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was re-watching "The Music Man" last night on TCM - question about the con - JereNYC 12:50 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| But wait. Don’t the kids actually play at the end? And, even though they sound bad, aren’t the parents and townspeople thrilled? Isn’t that the point? That he has made a miracle? I’ve never seen the show, only the movie, and a while ago, but I think the town’s upliftment is the point. As well as the inferred ability for the arts and love to make a difference in the world. (And that you don’t even have to be a virtuoso to be a wow. Or, you don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show!) And it’s ultimately all because of Marian. Her love keeps on liftin him higher, higher. I don’t know what possessed me to reference modern songs here. |
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| Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 02:58 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 02:52 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I was re-watching "The Music Man" last night on TCM - question about the con - lordofspeech 12:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Is she there so that that while Harold and Marcellus are talking about Harold's preference for faster women like Hester Prynne, having a child in the scene makes it then more G-rated? Are they being more genteel than they might be without her there, so Willson could get in a slightly risque song? Is Amaryllis usually on stage in that scene? Of course, now I'm envisioning a production of "The Music Man" as seen through the eyes of slightly worldly-wise Amaryllis, who understands what's being sung about in "The Sadder But Wiser Girl", and her imagination of what's transpiring between Harold and Marian when she's not on stage. "Goodnight, My Someone" indeed! |
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| re: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" - PlayWiz 02:52 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Is Amaryllis usually on stage in that scene? No, she is not. Please don't tell me they put her in there for this revival. Why???????? |
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| re: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 09:02 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 08:58 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" - Chromolume 07:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I haven't seen this revival, but actually isn't it kind of inappropriate for the guys in the movie to have Amaryllis as their sole audience (ok, and the horse) for this song about the kind of free-wheeling gal that Harold would like to shtupp? | |
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| re: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:31 am EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Another question re: Amaryllis in the scene with "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" - PlayWiz 08:58 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Oh, my - I guess it really has been too long since I watched the film - I forgot she's in there. And yeah, it makes absolutely no sense at all. Thank you for reminding me. I'd love to know what was behind that decision. | |
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