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| re: Teachout on FIDDLER | |
| Posted by: | enoch10 05:52 pm EST 12/23/15 |
| In reply to: | re: Teachout on FIDDLER - Vectorbabe 12:58 pm EST 12/23/15 |
| >> I never saw them marching to their deaths. i don't know. one of the strongest memories i have of seeing it the first time - i was a wee young thing - was how my heart kind of clutched when i heard "krakow" as one of the destinations. >> It was too early and those Jews were not welcome in many European countries. Very few of the Jews leaving Poland/Russia would have moved to Germany or Austria. i'm not addressing this directly at you (honest) but sometimes around here i want to go, good lord you're beating the poor text to death. there is a line between something being so blatantly wrong that it takes you out of the moment and these excessive demands being made on an art form i don't think is designed to bear an abundance of scrutiny. they aren't breaking out into song either. i can't speak for the authors/composers of FIDDLER but, believe me, if i had a choice between writing something that gives someone's heart a clutch the way mine did at "krakow" and being historically accurate to the size of the percentage for specific demographic historical data - it would'n't be a hard choice to make. at least not for me. it is a tricky boundary and we all get to draw the lines for ourselves. i'll be the first to acknowledge that even the (apparently) trivial can be a deal-breaker. the discussions about happy trails seemed silly to me in a way that "actor x has too much of a gym physique for the time period" didn't. but sometimes i want to go - mary, please. it's a musical. lighten up. i want to affirm again i'm not pouncing on you, specifically, about this. your point is a valid one to make. i just opted to talk about it now. i'm hesitant to do it most of the time because i think if there is anywhere to debate the minutia of the musical comedy it's here. i'm as guilty as the next guy. i do it, too. i really was very young the first time i saw FIDDLER and i was just learning about the holocaust. i remember thinking it was such a subtle and brilliant move, the placement of that name. it's a memory i'm fond of and we're quick to defend things we care about. i liked this revival very much, certainly better than the last one. (i still think THE COLOR PURPLE is a better revival even if it's a vastly inferior musical) but what struck me the most about the performance was my thought at the end that while it was always crazy there is just no way in hell anyone in today's broadway could get away with pitching something, even something based on loved and respected stories, with "and we end with a displacement to avoid another pogram! it just wouldn't happen. the current state of broadway and, for that matter, the art form both are lesser for it. i wish that were not so. | |
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