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| It’s worth remembering… | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 07:26 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 07:25 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: Sat Matinee "Camelot" - stan 08:42 pm EDT 04/01/23 | |
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| … that Camelot is not set in the “historical” Middle Ages, but in the literary one of E.B. White’s imagination. So for instance: Morgan le Fey, who called herself a scientist (before the 18th Century you did not have Scientists -- philosophers who described nature (no experiments, yet) and alchemists and physicians -- never scientists Historically, true. But in The Once and Future King: “Arthur was tired out…. He was like a scientist who had pursued the root of cancer all his life.” (Chapter 14) Indeed, I find that Broadway musicals are generally a poor source of historical accuracy, and rarely worth critiquing of those grounds. |
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| re: It’s worth remembering… | |
| Posted by: duckylittledictum 09:09 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: It’s worth remembering… - MockingbirdGirl 07:25 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| That would be T.H. White. Big difference. | |
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| Haha, yup (nm) | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:19 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: It’s worth remembering… - duckylittledictum 09:09 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| re: Haha, yup (nm) | |
| Posted by: Robt 12:06 pm EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: Haha, yup (nm) - MockingbirdGirl 09:19 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| Also, in the quote you give, White is telling us --from modern day author to modern day reader--Arthur was like a scientist; it was not spoken by one of the characters during the era in which the book was set. | |
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| re: Haha, yup (nm) | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 01:06 pm EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Haha, yup (nm) - Robt 12:06 pm EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| Oh, please. Have you read the novel? It's deliberately full of anachronisms, both used by the narrator and by the characters themselves (especially Merlyn, who own a complete set of the Encyclopeadia Britannica and references the as-yet-undiscovered island of Bermuda). There are plenty of legitimate reasons to criticize this production. Not being sufficiently historically faithful to the actual Middle Ages is not one of them, since it was never intended to be. |
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| re: Haha, yup (nm) | |
| Posted by: Robt 04:22 pm EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Haha, yup (nm) - MockingbirdGirl 01:06 pm EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| Yes, I have read the novel--and its individual components in their original versions--many times. White, as author uses anachronisms because he is a 20th century author who wrote his books for a contemporary audience. He was not attempting to write in the voice of someone from any mythic or historic period. The only "in story" anachronisms come from the character Merlyn (as White spells it), because it is explained that he lives backward. So a character in Sorkin's "Camelot" using an anachronistic word like "scientist' is different from White using it in auctorial voice in his novel. That was my point. |
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| He calls Jenny | |
| Posted by: dramedy 07:58 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: It’s worth remembering… - MockingbirdGirl 07:25 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| His business partner instead of loving spouse. That went over real week 1200 years ago like it would today. I know he tried to modernize it but these colloquial changes really take one out of the fantasy world of the musical. My friend and I both commented and then I see this post So it must be a common thought for patrons. | |
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