१८ नोव्हेंबर, २०१२

"The fact is with a musical you can't have an ounce of cynicism, and I do have a bit, I suppose."

"I have never had to worry much about the emotional arc thing before."

Jennifer Saunders, the creator of "Absolutely Fabulous," talking about her new musical, which is based on the songs of The Spice Girls.

Meanwhile, in Milwaukee: "The Sound of Music."
With all due respect to Julie Andrews' matchless soprano and iconic performance, [24-year-old Elizabeth] Telford's Maria therefore gets closer to what this show is really about — and why Maria is irresistible, to the Captain and to us.

While Andrews opens by gracefully twirling through the countryside, a much earthier Telford - with fuller, less angular features and an unruly mop of hair - moves with an ungainly, off-kilter physicality, reinforced by flailing arms and legs reflecting her irrepressible and untutored joy....

१२ टिप्पण्या:

campy म्हणाले...

fuller, less angular features and an unruly mop of hair - moves with an ungainly, off-kilter physicality, reinforced by flailing arms and legs reflecting her irrepressible and untutored joy....

Oh my. Some serious euphemizing going on here.

caplight45 म्हणाले...

"Telford - with fuller, less angular features and an unruly mop of hair - moves with an ungainly, off-kilter physicality, reinforced by flailing arms and legs reflecting her irrepressible and untutored joy...."

Minus the "unruly mop of hair," kind of sounds like me preaching a sermon.

edutcher म्हणाले...

The music of the Spice Girls?

I somehow think the shades of Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Gershwins, and Cole Porter are not concerned.

PS I think he means built, wrt Miss Telford.

Known Unknown म्हणाले...

A musical with a healthy dose of cynicism

Carol म्हणाले...

I always thought Julie Andrews was too old to play Maria. She seems more like Miss Jane Hathaway than Maria.

ricpic म्हणाले...

Hasn't cynicism, or at least an unsunny view of things, as pioneered by Stephen Sondheim, been an integral part of many musicals for decades?

Strelnikov म्हणाले...

And I fully expect Milwaukee to easily exceed Salzburg as a setting. To about the same degree Telford will Andrews.

William म्हणाले...

I was hoping someone would rip the scab off the Spice Girls and reveal the oozing pus beneath. We'll have to wait for a later generation to tell the dark truth about this so called pop singing group.

Rusty म्हणाले...


I always thought Bulgakovs' The Master and Margarita would make a nice musical. Staged in Chicago. The political corruption there is truly satanic.

Titus म्हणाले...

Love her, of course.

tits.

Don म्हणाले...

I recall seeing a similarly produced (and excellent) staging of the show in August 1989.

I noted the unique timing that, while on stage the von Trapp family was leaving Austria to escape a German dictator, the East Germans were traveling from Hungary into Austria to escape a[n East] German dictator.

EFB म्हणाले...

Her (with Dawn French) satirical music videos skewering Madonna, Bjork and Alanis Morisette etc. are absolutely hysterical. And though Posh Spice has appeared on Ab Fab, I expect her to do the same to the Spice Girls. I don't think a musical can be made without a healthy dose of cynicism - especially if you're relying on Spice Girls music. A musical that takes itself too seriously would be unwatchable.