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| Posted by: keikekaze 09:42 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: That could be - dramedy 06:32 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| Well, I don't know what your age is, dramedy, but as someone who can remember the Fifties (barely!) and the Sixties (clearly), I can promise you that Carole King was enormously popular in the Seventies as a singer-songwriter ("It''s Too Late," "You've Got A Friend,""I Feel the Earth Move," etc.), and even before that, in the late Fifties and Sixties, as a writer of dozens of pop hits for other artists ("Up On the Roof," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?", "Natural Woman," etc.). All those songs were hu-u-u-uge, back in the day. I think it also helped Beautiful's long Broadway run that Carole King is New York, like the Jersey Boys (well, close enough!), another show that did exceptionally well for a jukeboxer. |
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| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:16 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: That could be - keikekaze 09:42 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| The show also told a powerful generational story: in tracing King's path to liberation, it mirrored the larger feminist movements of the 60s and 70s. I thought the show was just okay, but my mom felt like her story was being told, and she was tremendously moved by it. | |
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| Posted by: Thom915 03:19 pm EDT 08/04/22 | |
| In reply to: re: That could be - Singapore/Fling 10:16 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| I agree. I saw it with my sister and my niece and they enjoyed it tremendously. My brother-in-law and I liked it though not as much as they did. I think you have explained the reason very well. | |
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| ...and "Beautiful" is actually good | |
| Posted by: chrismpls 11:26 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: That could be - Singapore/Fling 10:16 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| I have no particular affection for King, whose music is all before my time, but "Beautiful" is a good piece of theater. I have seen a lot of the other jukebox shows -- "Jersey Boys," "Temptations," "Motown," etc. -- and I don't think that's true of any of the others. | |
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