Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in "chicago?"
Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in "chicago?"
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#1Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in "chicago?"
Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:25pm?
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#2re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:26pmHave you seen Chicago?
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#2re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:28pmTo make straight people nervous....
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Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:29pm
Not everything is what it seems.
Of course, the concept of having a man in drag play the role made more sense when all of the songs in the show were costumed and choreographed as specific vaudeville turns, as in the original production.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#4re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:30pm
frogs: yes i have seen the show...
and thanks smaxie!
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#5re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:25pmWere you referring to the point of the character being played by a man in drag or the just the overall significance of the character itself?
#6re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:30pmBoth I believe. I never understood the character either.
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#7re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:33pm
Well it's part of Roxie's defense-- nothing is as it seems. Also, it's based on a real person who always saw the best in everyone (especially another woman). They called her a Sob Sister because you could go to her and cry and she'd believe whatever silly story you told.
Updated On: 7/5/08 at 06:33 PM
#8re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:34pmHave you only seen the film? It is clear as water in the stage production what Mary Sunshine's "point" is.
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#9re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:37pmI saw both...but still am confusd.
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#10re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:57pm
The character was in the movie, even though her song was not.
It's a parody of how easily the media is manipulated into spinning the ugly truth into gold based on the public's desire to worship celebrity and root for the underdog.
....but the world goes 'round
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#12re: Whats the point of Mary Sunshine in 'chicago?'
Posted: 7/5/08 at 7:06pm
thnx tilda! 
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