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re: Contemplation of the sanitization of COLOR PURPLE (spoilers)
Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 01:07 pm EST 12/19/15
In reply to: Contemplation of the sanitization of COLOR PURPLE (spoilers) - lordofspeech 11:44 am EST 12/19/15
The musical's creators were, I think, afraid that if they allowed the audience to experience Celie's wounding, they'd be unable to bring the audience out of it, that we'd never be able to accept "Mister's" rehabilitation, that we'd be too shocked. Their solution was to move so very quickly through it that they ultimately robbed the audience of the full catharsis which Celie's redemption through her love for Shug and her re-opening to spirit could've provided.

Alternately, they might just be a couple of mid-tier pop writers who composed a virtually incompetent theatre score.

My opinion.

Seth, who hasn't seen this production and won't without being paid
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