| No conundrum, it's Beth's song | |
| Last Edit: Singapore/Fling 11:37 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:32 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: the "Not A Day Goes By" conundrum - Chazwaza 08:54 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| What you're describing is a problem with the show, not a problem with the song. When Beth sings the song, it's the story of a woman divorcing her husband telling him how much she still desperately loves him, and yet she can't be with him. It expresses the heartbreaking truth that love simply isn't enough, and yet love is so strong that in leaving him, she is betraying a part of herself, and she will live with that pain for the rest of her life. When Frank sings it, it's either a guy trying to manipulate his wife into not leaving him, or it's a guy telling his wife how much she's hurt him by leaving him. In both versions, it's a selfish song about a guy who makes everything about himself (which we already know) and tells a completely different, and I think much weaker, story. I hear your point that Frank needs to be humanized, but at this point in the show, we've only seen him be a complete jerk to everyone around him, and that problem isn't solved if he gets the song - in fact, it's only amplified. Hal Prince was wrong. |
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