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| re: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:37 am EDT 10/11/23 | |
| In reply to: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) - sergius 08:26 pm EDT 10/08/23 | |
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| sergius, as always, I enjoy your reports. Can I ask you about Nicole Scherzinger being "wildly incongruous" -- what did you mean by that? And do you have a sense of why Jamie Lloyd was going for that? I haven't read much about this version of Sunset Boulevard. Scherzinger is a spectacular singer, although I wouldn't have thought she would be a great actress. But she seems way too young for the part. She's 45 but looks 40 at the most. Does that work here? |
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| re: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) | |
| Posted by: sergius 08:37 pm EDT 10/11/23 | |
| In reply to: re: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) - mikem 11:37 am EDT 10/11/23 | |
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| Lloyd has said he wanted a woman "who's in her prime, really brilliant, but has been discarded, just as we talk even now about women over 40 not having the opportunities they should have." This seems a bit disingenuous to me and, anyway, it doesn't really track with the production. Scherzinger does not even remotely suggest someone who has been "discarded." She's very beautiful and her voice is remarkable. As for her acting, it's hard to say because she--as with everything in the production--seems precisely manipulated by Lloyd. The production's thrilling by the way even as it frequently makes little sense. I guess you could say it works--brilliantly--at not working. | |
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| re: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) | |
| Posted by: sf 11:52 am EDT 10/11/23 | |
| In reply to: re: LONDON Last Week (Very long and maybe a spoiler or two) - mikem 11:37 am EDT 10/11/23 | |
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| Yes, it works. One line (not hers) referencing Norma's age has been changed, but *in this production* her performance works. In a more conventional revival, it wouldn't - but that's more to do with her age and looks than with her abilities as an actor. |
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