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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 05:36 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - pecansforall 03:23 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| A very vulnerable, very sad Sweeney rather than a sociopath… | |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:26 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - lordofspeech 05:36 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| There's really nothing in the text of Sweeney that makes him a sociopath until he snaps after missing his chance to kill the Judge. So that will be the challenge for Groban - does he really change at "Epiphany?" I think too many of us grew up with the tour video of the original production, with George Hearn being "booby hatched" from the first moments of the play. Not the way it should go, IMO. |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 09:28 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:15 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Chromolume 08:26 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Yeah, and to dismiss him, or have a production/performance guide you to dismissing him as an actual sociopath or an unhinged maniac kind of defeats some of the point of the story. If he's just insane then he isn't relatable, and nothing that drives him to this place of violence can really be blamed. Of course making the choice for his revenge is one thing, but we are meant to consider the circumstances. | |
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