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re: 1776 revival
Posted by: ruff24 12:26 pm EDT 07/21/22
In reply to: re: 1776 revival - Chromolume 12:06 pm EDT 07/21/22

Very good point and thank you. Yes, the drag thing could easily get carried away, but after watching RuPaul's Vegas drag show I was impressed by how sincere much of the show was. Has anyone ever done a fully lip-synced musical? What would the rights be to that? But again, camp would likely overtake & distract.

I've always felt Mack the Knife (Macheath) would be a prime role for gender-bent casting. So much work that displays misogyny/infidelity in a blurred line between characterization & commentary begs for the director to demonstrate an awareness of how problematic it is, and giving a woman the opportunity to portray the character may be an on-the-nose way to do it, but that feels appropriate for a Brecht work.
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