Trivial Pursuit #106- Page 2

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:05pm

And do you know what the best part of this TRIVIAL PURSUIT was?


TIFF learnt about SONDHEIM!!!

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:09pm

Yay me.

*sulks*

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:10pm

And even better, she did it without even realising she was learning...


Yes, that competitive streak in TIFF has lead to her education...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:13pm

Paradox is smart
Listen to Doxy
Doxy and art
Doxy and art

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:15pm

Doxy is blushing...

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:22pm

Especially considering MEF has quoted one of my all-time favourite Sondheim songs:

CHILDREN AND ART


(Marie looks up at Dot in the painting. George and Elaine stand to one side watching.)

MARIE
You would have liked him,
Mama, you would.
Mama, he makes things-
Mama, they're good.
Just as you said from the start:
Children and art...
(starts nodding off)
Children and art...

He should be happy-
Mama, he's blue.
What do I do?

You should have seen it,
It was a sight?
Mama, I mean it-
All color and light-!
I don't understand what it was,
But, Mama, the things that he does-
They twinkle and shimmer and buzz-
You would have liked them...
It...
Him...

Henry... Henry?... Henry...

GEORGE
(coming over)
It's George, Grandmother.

MARIE
Of course it is. I thought you were your father for a moment. (indicates painting)
Did I tell you who that was?

GEORGE
Of course. That is your mother.

MARIE
Isn't she beautiful?
There she is-
(pointing to different figures)
There she is, there she is, there she is-
Mama is everywhere,
He must have loved her so much...

GEORGE
Is she really in all those places, Marie?

MARIE
This is our family-
This is the lot.
After I go, this is
All that you've got, honey-
(as George starts to protest)
Wasn't she beautiful, though?

You would have liked her.
Mama did things
No one had done.
Mama was funny,
Mama was fun,
Mama spent money
When she had none.

Mama said, "Honey,
Mustn't be blue.
It's not so much do what you like
As it is that you like what you do:"
Mama said, "Darling,
Don't make such a drama,
A little less thinking,
A little more feeling-"
(as George looks at her sharply)
I'm just quoting Mama...
(indicates Louise in the painting)
The child is so sweet...
(indicates the Celestes)
And the girls are so rapturous...
Isn't it lovely how artists can capture us?

GEORGE
Yes, it is, Marie.

MARIE
You would have liked her-
Honey, I'm wrong,
You would have loved her.

Mama enjoyed things.
Mama was smart.
See how she shimmers
I mean from the heart.

I know, honey, you don't agree,
(indicates painting)
But this is our family tree.
Just wait till we're there, and you'll see-
Listen to me...
(drifting off)...
Mama was smart...
Listen to Mama...
Children and art...
Children and art...
(Elaine starts to wheel Marie our of the gallery.)
Goodbye, Mama.


Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Copyright © ASCAP. All rights reserved.

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:24pm

I once read that the major flaw in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (if you discount the second act, which, I for one, love) is the addition of the character of ELAINE.

She pushes MARIE'S wheelchair, and she stands around. The otherwise near flawless script stalls on this useless character.

YES, she helps prove that George can't connect, but we've picked that up already...

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Posted: 4/14/05 at 5:25pm

i love "Move On" and "Sunday" from this score, plus Dot's entrance number...