| re: Some like it hot took a nose dive and ain’t no mo is soaring. | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:07 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Some like it hot took a nose dive and ain’t no mo is soaring. - Singapore/Fling 06:53 pm EST 12/28/22 | |
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| "I think that we have different ideas of where the line is in terms of being socially conservative." Perhaps but then I wonder if you might consider me socially conservative, even though I am confident that the vast majority of Americans would regard me as extremely socially liberal, with a significant portion regarding me as excessively and even dangerously socially liberal. I agree with Ann that even though there is a handful of posters on this board who from time to time post socially conservative, even reactionary, statements, they are a small, almost minuscule portion who sometimes command an outsize degree of attention because those statements cause controversy and many replies. And, honestly, sometimes they don't defend themselves very well. I sometimes find myself thinking things like, "If I had posted that, even though I wouldn't, I could defend myself better than this." In any case, I think the number of regular theatregoers not buying tickets for Some Like It Hot because it is perceived as too socially progressive may be in the 10s. Even if in the hundreds or the lowish thousands, not enough to be the reason for the box-office troubles it is having. I am somewhat uncertain that even most regular theatregoers are especially aware of the adjustments in plot and emphases that constitute some of the differences between the source film and the current musical. Although I am far from the first (or even the 10th) to say this, I suspect that a lot of people just no longer find the idea of a man in a dress to be inherently funny or even likely to be funny. And perhaps, as others have suggested, after Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire having been found wanting both on their own merits and in comparison with the source films, regular theatregoers have no appetite for what they perceive as yet another in a series. It may be that a major factor is a perception that the show is socially retrograde rather than excessively socially conscious. |
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