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« Reply #3250 on: March 11, 2010, 04:33:17 PM » |
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I love Emily, and she was definitely one of my favorites from the closing cast, but I don't think her Wendla would have been very good. At least vocally, anyway.
I'd still love to have seen it, though.
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« Reply #3251 on: March 13, 2010, 05:31:38 PM » |
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« Reply #3252 on: March 13, 2010, 06:24:06 PM » |
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I disagree with that so much lol. I'm not a Socha fan...at all. I thought she was awful. Christy was a breath of fresh air for me.
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« Reply #3253 on: March 13, 2010, 06:34:24 PM » |
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^ LOVE THAT GIF.
I never saw Socha, so I can't really comment on her acting. But just from YouTube and other things where I've heard her voice, Christy's is VASTLY better.
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« Reply #3254 on: March 13, 2010, 07:29:42 PM » |
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I saw both Socha and Christy and I really disagree as well. I like Socha a lot, but I kind of felt like she really over acted in certain scenes. I also didn't like how she played certain things for laughs (like the "But I'm not married" line). Vocally I think it is a bit more of a draw, though I would probably again give the edge to Christy. I would take Socha over Christy in MWBMR any day but, for the most part, I would take Christy in everything else.
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« Reply #3255 on: March 13, 2010, 08:09:13 PM » |
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I didn't dislike Socha, but I do prefer Christy's voice and acting.
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« Reply #3256 on: March 13, 2010, 08:28:57 PM » |
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I didn't dislike Socha, but I do prefer Christy's voice and acting. Ditto. |
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« Reply #3257 on: March 13, 2010, 11:55:22 PM » |
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IMO, Socha's voice in the role>Christy's voice in the role. But I think Christy is a much better singer and actress.
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« Reply #3258 on: March 14, 2010, 06:57:29 PM » |
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UO: SOPS is my least favorite song in the show.
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« Reply #3259 on: March 14, 2010, 07:00:27 PM » |
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^ that is unpopular!
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« Reply #3260 on: March 14, 2010, 07:57:43 PM » |
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Wow. That is vastly unpopular, at least with me.
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« Reply #3261 on: March 14, 2010, 08:00:33 PM » |
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It always felt tacked-on to me. I would have been fine with the show ending with TYK.
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« Reply #3262 on: March 14, 2010, 08:27:32 PM » |
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I love SOPS. Except on the OBCR. The live one is so much better. That song is just so beautiful and haunting.
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« Reply #3263 on: March 14, 2010, 08:28:26 PM » |
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I kind of hate it too. But you gotta admit the harmonies are gorgeous.
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« Reply #3264 on: March 14, 2010, 08:46:18 PM » |
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I love SOPS, it's such a beautiful song! And I think it brings a kind of peace to many audience members, specifically people that have never seen the show before. It keeps them from leaving the theatre feeling sad and drained and unsettled like they very well could if the show ended with TYK. Though I know a lot of people feel that way anyways when the show ends.
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« Reply #3265 on: March 14, 2010, 10:04:52 PM » |
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I'm not saying I don't LIKE the song... it's just not my favorite SA song. At all.
That being said, give me the live version over the OBCR any day.
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« Reply #3266 on: March 14, 2010, 10:16:45 PM » |
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The song IS kind of weird to have at the end of the show, but I feel like it gives a sense of vague resolution for all the characters. If the show ended with TYK, only Melchior, Moritz, and Wendla would have any kind of resolution, and I feel like the other characters are also super important to the theme since they represent the young people of society as a whole. Seeing the whole cast in SOPS leaves you with the hope that maybe, just maybe, they learned something too.
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« Reply #3267 on: March 14, 2010, 11:16:05 PM » |
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other than Ilse, the other characters aren't really important. Both Wedekind and Sater used them as comic foils and, in the case of the adults, to propel the plot slightly, but other than that, they're not really that important. They don't learn from the mistakes of their society, clearly, seeing as Sater said everyone who survives grows up to be a Nazi.
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« Reply #3268 on: March 14, 2010, 11:17:09 PM » |
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Actually, he said they grow up to be the parents of Nazis.
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« Reply #3269 on: March 14, 2010, 11:39:27 PM » |
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that's right, sorry about the misquote. The point still remains. Sure, they're all repentant in the Song of Purple Summer, but did that change anything? No.
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« Reply #3270 on: March 14, 2010, 11:46:34 PM » |
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I don't think they are repentant in SOPS, it's just a nice little closing. It's literally just people onstage singing, and so irrelevant to the characters.
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« Reply #3271 on: March 14, 2010, 11:57:02 PM » |
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ugh I really need more sleep. Sorry, my point is that the supporting characters aren't super important. They add some nice depth to the play, but you could really get by with just Melchior, Wendla, Moritz, and Ilse. And the Masked Man for Wedekind's play.
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« Reply #3272 on: March 15, 2010, 12:31:44 AM » |
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It always felt tacked-on to me. I would have been fine with the show ending with TYK. I COMPLETELY agree with this. I think the last lines of TKY also have that sort of ~*hopeful*~ kind of note to it. Especially because I think that SOPS is a huge, lyrical mess. Actually, I think it's the worst song, lyrically. |
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« Reply #3273 on: March 15, 2010, 12:38:13 AM » |
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But it sounds pretty.
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« Reply #3274 on: March 15, 2010, 01:46:44 AM » |
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It's literally just people onstage singing, and so irrelevant to the characters. I don't think that's necessarily the case... at all...at least not in my opinion. The song is clearly about hope and coming of age, which is what all the characters go through, not just Melchior. It's important because it really brings the message home and ends the show on a note of exuberance, celebrating the youth of the show and embracing the hope of the future of the characters. All the characters, not just Melchior. And without SOPS, Ilse's character arc would not develop full circle. In my interpretation of the show, her conversation with Moritz impacts on her so much to the point that she is the one who sings the song of hope and maturity. I would go as far to say that SOPS is one of the most important songs in the show...not plot wise, but for character development and thematic purposes it definitely has its place. And yes, it sounds pretty. |
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