Threaded Order Chronological Order
| The play “Forty Carats” suddenly sprang to mind. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 05:31 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 05:28 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Streamed all 8 episodes last night - tandelor 05:15 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
|
|
|
| I’ve enjoyed it, too (3 of 8 so far) and thought about the ways the culture views romance, age, loneliness. Circa 1969 Julie Harris won a Tony for playing a woman who scandalously opts to explore her sexuality and fall for a young man. At 40, she was presented as d’un age certain. Ditto Bacall in Applause. That was the marker. This show presents 50 year old gay men as a comparable marker and doesn’t shy away from the implications. It’s not a problem in search of a romantic solution; it’s a fact of life. It’s frothy and fun but decidedly honest. Getting older is still about self acceptance, not finding a hot new partner. It’s the opposite of 40 Carats in that regard and thus breaks ground. If this feels like a strained attempt to keep a TV series on topic for a theater board, it nevertheless did cross my mind last night. That play became a stock staple. Oh, and it’s not very good. |
|
| reply to this message |
| “Forty Carats” | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 10:30 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 10:13 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| In reply to: The play “Forty Carats” suddenly sprang to mind. - Delvino 05:28 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
|
|
|
| "Forty Carats" is dated but it's a very fine adaptation by Jay Presson Allen of a French comedy by Barillet and Gredy. The characters start out seemingly as comic archetypes but by the play's end they prove themselves to be fully drawn and complicated as is the way the rules and hypocrisies of the society around them are dramatized. It's a fluffy comedy that rings true. I wish Allen had been hired to adapt more of Barillet and Gredy but she did a great job on FORTY CARATS. If anyone's curious I'd recommend reading the script and avoiding the film adaptation. I wish there were some decent English translations of Barillet and Gredy's many stage comedies. There's Abe Burrows' adaptation of CACTUS FLOWER but the French duo are something akin to Neil Simon in terms of their popularity and longevity on the commercial French stage. | |
| reply to this message |
| re: d'accord!!!! n/m | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 03:51 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: “Forty Carats” - singleticket 10:13 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
|
|
|
| n/m | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
Time to render: 0.011028 seconds.