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re: Not Getting Married today
Last Edit: Miles 09:02 pm EDT 06/23/22
Posted by: Miles 09:02 pm EDT 06/23/22
In reply to: Not Getting Married today - lordofspeech 07:57 pm EDT 06/23/22

Eliza doesn’t die on the ice in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” - she makes it across the (Ohio?) river to freedom. I remember reading that the inaccuracy in the lyric bothered Sondheim. Perhaps that’s why a change was made.
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re: Not Getting Married today
Posted by: Chromolume 09:15 pm EDT 06/23/22
In reply to: re: Not Getting Married today - Miles 09:02 pm EDT 06/23/22

Yes. Though of course AMY (or JAMIE) may not realize the reference is wrong. Just like Booth's reference to "attention must be paid" in Assassins. Characters often get things wrong. :-)
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