I find it interesting that Bullets Over Broadway is tailoring their performances for school groups.
Do you think this might set a trend? An a la carte theater going experience?
If Southern tourists want their Les Miz without the "raise it up the Master's ass" will they get it?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
I doubt that anyone "asked" for this. It was a decision they made...probably because they noticed their group ticket sales were lacking on that day.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
I really like the idea of cutting the f-word from Wednesday matinees, which are prime school field trip performances. Coincidentally, I recently posted on the difficulties of playing "What the F***?" (from WHAT/IF) on the radio or singing it on TV, such as on the Tony award show.
This issue is similar to the one that middle and high schools deal with when books use inappropriate words. A parent wanted to ban "Huck Finn" at a local high school -- I don't recall if that person succeeded -- because of Samuel Clemens's use of the n-word. Apparently, the objection came about because kids were taking it as carte blanche to use the word around school.
I can understand the parent's concern, but I think there are far superior ways to handle the problem. One possibility I thought of would be for publishers to replace the word with "n***," with a footnote explaining the reason. I see "Bullets over Broadway's" decision to be a Solomonic compromise between keeping kids from seeing the production and letting them think it's ok to drop the f-bomb.
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.