| If Mrs. Paroo can have a 47-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, why not? |
| Posted by: aleck 06:29 am EST 11/26/22 |
| In reply to: re: The whole thing is a headscratcher (major spoilers) - AlanScott 03:58 am EST 11/26/22 |
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The only way I can figure this is that Mrs. Paroo was about 14 or so when she got pregnant back in Ireland (raped by a priest?) and birthed Marion at age 15 or so. Then, at age 52 or so birthed Winthrop. I don't think there were many in vitro procedures in Iowa in the early days of the 20th century, but maybe a star in the east appeared in the sky. This is a highly dubious scenario, but thousands of people are buying it at the Winter Garden -- and paying a high price to do so.
Broadway has certainly become colorblind, genderblind and, in the case of Sutton Foster, ageblind.
The producers of this announced production of The Mousetrap will have to scramble things up to spark interest in this creaky play. I think you better brace yourself for some highly unorthodox casting and script manipulation. Think back to that last Inspector Calls revival and the multiple the derivations taken with that original script and multiply that by about four. |
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