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| re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:57 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). - Delvino 08:25 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
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| I think the ready accessibility of films may sometimes be a factor with stage adaptations not doing well. I need hardly mention the current example. Obviously, sometimes a stage adaptation does well precisely because of people's love for the movie, but perhaps by this point in time, there is no guarantee that a beloved older film, a film loved by boomers and older, will necessarily attract that audience, perhaps in part because some adaptations have been mediocre or worse. It's sometimes hard to remember what it was like when you had to wait for a television showing (unless on PBS, a showing interrupted by commercials, possibly cut, sometimes cut a lot, and sometimes panned-and-scanned), a reissue or a showing at a revival house (if you lived near one) to see a movie you love or to see a classic you had never seen. Was "Tick Tock Goes the Clock" still in the show when you saw it in D.C.? I can't help but suspect that the title "Tick Tock" in Company came from Jonathan Tunick. Changing the subject, even though Some Like It Hot the film was at 38 in the recent Sight and Sound poll, I find that a surprising number of my serious movie-loving friends don't like it a lot. A surprising number find it overrated. Re Simon: I was definitely responding in part to those who replied to you. This came up recently with Plaza Suite. I think Karen is a great character, but it was surprising to me that some critics and audience members liked "Visitor From Mamaroneck" least. If anything, she is so much more interestingly written than Sam that the man's role seems almost thankless (which reverses a bit in "Visitor From Forest Hills"). |
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| “Loyal, Resourceful” was in my program* | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:00 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 05:44 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). - AlanScott 08:57 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
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| I can’t honestly say if I heard “Our Little Secret” - they inserted slips back then - but I know “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” had just been added in Boston. “…Goes the Clock” was gone. I must try to dig out my Playbill to fully fact check. “Secret” is the only title change I recall when I got the OBC. But forgive my shaky memory - I was 17. *Wikipedia adds “Cooperative” to the title but I swear it was just the first two words. I need that Playbill. Wait, Alan! Ovrtur! UPDATE: “Loyal Resourceful” was the Boston title; no comma. |
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| re: “Loyal, Resourceful” was in my program* | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 09:08 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: “Loyal, Resourceful” was in my program* - Delvino 05:44 pm EST 12/27/22 | |
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| Hey, Delvino. I think ovrtur may be wrong about "Loyal, Resourceful" not having had a comma. I did not input that song list. The Variety song list for Boston opening night has it with a comma. I see that the ovrtur Boston song list must be from late in the Boston run. It's missing several songs in the Variety list. So they must have made cuts and changes very quickly (as used to be common). The Variety list includes two songs I've never heard and I wonder if they were even really in the show on opening night: "Hot Food" and "A Stroke of Luck," in addition to "Loyal, Resourceful" and "Tick Tock Goes the Clock." Interesting that, unlike on Broadway, "Christmas Day" was listed so it must have been a longer number (not a surprise). And a reprise of the title song for Fran at the end, which I suppose is why they recorded Jill O'Hara singing it, which we got on the Kritzerland release. If you find your playbill, let me know if there is a comma. |
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| re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:45 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). - AlanScott 08:57 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
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| Count me among those serious movie-lovers who find Some Like It Hot (movie) to be overrated. I think a lot of the comedies given high ranking status are. Tootsie is another, that and SLIH always end up in the top 10, usually at #1 and #2 "best comedy ever made", but I find it overrated. A very good movie, in the comedy category, but one I find more amusing than funny. And not all that exceptional as a movie when put against so many others. And then there's something like Sullivan's Travels which doesn't get nearly enough recognition as one of the great comedy films. |
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| re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 12:06 am EST 12/27/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The Apartment vs Promises, Promises (longish). - Chazwaza 11:45 pm EST 12/26/22 | |
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| I like "Sullivan's Travels" a lot, and it's a great comedy-drama, but I love even more Preston Sturges" "The Palm Beach Story" and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek". The first gets you immediately with its fast-paced, rather surreal opening during the titles, and they're off, basically. "Miracle of Morgan's Creek" still is hilarious and incredible how it got made during WWII and got past the censors. Brilliantly indeed. | |
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