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| Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and "Light in the Piazza" film | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 11:55 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 11:49 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Celia Keenan-Bolger also confirmed she was fired on another podcast. (Plus memories of her performance) - BroadwayTonyJ 02:32 pm EDT 05/26/23 | |
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| In the film, I thought Mimieux actually had a pretty good chance of doing well in Italy. George Hamilton's character to me seemed sincerely in love with her, but he seemed kind of like a big puppy dog who didn't seem like he needed a lot of strong intellectual stimulation from his mate. Mimieux's character was ready for physical love, and among his extended family with lots of women, she would get lots of help raising children, cooking, cleaning -- i.e. the traditional women's roles of wife and mother in very traditional Italy of that time. She might be be challenged in some ways, but he doesn't seem like he's going to demand beyond her capacities. Plus she can already speak better Italian than most Americans! With a fairly well-to-do and supportive family, she'd do much better than the kind of life her father was planning for her back in some institution in America. | |
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| re: Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and "Light in the Piazza" film | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:48 pm EDT 05/30/23 | |
| In reply to: Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and "Light in the Piazza" film - PlayWiz 11:49 am EDT 05/30/23 | |
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| Of course, Clara and Fabrizio are not real people, just characters in a movie. MGM wants to send the audience home satisfied that Piazza has a hopeful and happy ending. I loved the film went I saw it at my local movie theater in 1962 when I was just 14. However, it's hard to believe this situation would work in real life. As soon as Clara gets pregnant, she will have to begin to see a doctor. It's hard to believe a doctor and nurses wouldn't recognize her disability, if not right away but eventually. The Naccarellis, especially the father, would feel conned and outraged. Margaret would be confronted and forced to admit the truth. Anyway, I still love both the film and the musical, but I'm glad that Guettel concluded his show with the song "Fable". |
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