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| Posted by: allineedisthegirl 08:56 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: They are metaphors and not magic - peter3053 12:44 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| Arthur is doing a real estate sales pitch. They both know it's not "true." db |
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| Don't use Sorkin as a Study Crib before your Exam | |
| Posted by: stan 09:57 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: They are metaphors and not magic - allineedisthegirl 08:56 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| I was annoyed by Sorkin in his play the Farnsworth Invention. I was intrigued by Philo Farnsworth in 9th Grade and his invention of the Television. Good fodder for an English term paper on how his invention led me astray. Sorkin misconstrued several aspects of Farnsworth's life and innovations for dramatic effect -- I wrote Mr S a letter, which was never replied to (or maybe never received). I believe Mockingbird's script altered some of the intentions of the book. | |
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| re: Don't use Sorkin as a Study Crib before your Exam | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:00 pm EDT 04/03/23 | |
| In reply to: Don't use Sorkin as a Study Crib before your Exam - stan 09:57 am EDT 04/02/23 | |
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| I was also annoyed by THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION, not least because I think it's a pretty good play. My issue was that Sorkin actually changed the outcome of the climatic trial by having Farnsworth lose the case when, in reality, he'd won. I mean, this was the whole point of the story. It went beyond poetic license. It was a prime example of "if you don't like this story, write a play about something else, please." It was as if if the writers of the TITANIC musical just decided to have the ship not sink at all and make it to New York on schedule instead. What's the point of any of it, if you're not being true to, at least, the barebones of actual history? By the same token, I'm actually not all that annoyed by bio-musicals, like FUNNY GIRL or ANNIE GET YOUR GUN that bear only a passing resemblance to the life of the person they're supposed to be about. I guess musicals get a pass from me in this regard that plays don't. Maybe it's because it's easier to take a play more seriously. |
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| re: Don't use Sorkin as a Study Crib before your Exam | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:10 pm EDT 04/03/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Don't use Sorkin as a Study Crib before your Exam - JereNYC 03:00 pm EDT 04/03/23 | |
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| T H White’s The Once and Future King is a fascinating read. Anachronisms galore, and a modern point of view on the anti-romance of Guenever and Lance. She’s venal and a brunette, he’s quite ugly and an emotional wreck. The Sword in the Stone section (the book is in sections) is wonderful and witty. Besides, as Arthur is trained by Merlyn’s changing him into a variety of animals and birds, we see how Arthur learns what society and justice and killing are. By this unique upbringing, Arthur has a much greater scope than most men. So when the horrors of Morgause and her would-be gallant sons begin, we watch all of it from the distance Arthur had. Lerner had a great task but ultimately caught the quasi-poetic as well as some of the ironic commentary on civilization itself. He caught the lightning. If you saw it when you were in second grade, as I was, you never forgot the show’s magic, the striving for nobility, and the spectacular presence of the three leads. And the wondrous stories of how the creators went back and revised and rehearsed it til it really worked are themselves a kind of legend. Forgive me then, for seeing this pedestrianization of the work as a travesty. The Lerner estate was remiss. |
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