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[South Florida]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 2:55am

I was disappointed with the curse elimination. Sucks? how can you take that out of the song, the rhyme? Can any of you guys tell me why that happened? 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 6:35am

PBS has their own standards to adhere to. 

 

But yes ..sucks seemed like a ridiculous one; the f bombs are less surprising.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 8:22am

There is apparently an unedited version floating around according to people on the other thread, but I’m not sure where people are finding it.

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 8:30am

It’s PBS that we’re talking about. That being the case, I a was not surprised by the editing out any swearing. To me, not only was I happy that I was able to see it. And, it was very very enjoyable to me and as such, the minor censoring of some of the language was not bothersome one bit.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 10:43am

There are 2 versions made of this filming: one is edited for broadcast (edited dialogue and camera cut aways for censoring purposes) and the other is an uncensored full version with no camera cut aways. The uncensored version will be available on streamers like BroadwayHD. The uncensored version was leaked and has a running time code watermarked. No info on how to access this uncensored version (that’s work for y’all to do) and no info yet on when it’ll be available on BroadwayHD. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 12:08pm

South Florida said: "I was disappointed with the curse elimination. Sucks? how can you take that out of the song, the rhyme? Can any of you guys tell me why that happened?"

Yeah, that's lame. They nearly ruined Falsettos for me with the lyric changes. Ugh. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 12:09pm

It's PBS, people. It was a great presentation of a great production.

 

Get over it, already.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 9:22am

I'm 100% with TotallyEffed. I've resisted the proshot of the production that moved to Wyndham's last summer - the show has always shaken me due to a family member weighed down by the protagonist's plight - but finally caught up with the PBS Great Performances capture. Caissie Levy is superb, to my surprise superior to Alice Ripley in subtle, mysterious ways. The wiry, graceful Levy plays Diana with a different presentation of hyperactivity, almost an athletic sensibility. I'm not the first to note: this Diana has far more warmth and a recognizable vulnerability. I am not deriding Ripley's career-high characterization; but this one, my preference, makes the show more accessible from the top. By the middle of the second act, as the show's heartbreaking secrets spill forth, Levy's mastery of the role is complete. This singing actor, to many known for Elsa and the asbestos-throated heroine of Ghost, is clearly a gifted actor. As many noted after she played the secondary role in Caroline or Change. {And I will never forget her take on "Back to Before" in the Encores! Ragtime. Get ready, it's an eleven o'clock spot for this moment in America.} Eleanor Worthington-Cox and Jack Wolfe as Diana's children, terrific singers, are more warm-blooded than the Broadway cast who first told the story. And as the audience's way in, the beleaguered Dan at sea with a catalog of bad options, Jamie Parker is especially moving, so willing to expose the emotional cost of the caregiver.

It's only available through June 30 on the PBS app. If you've waited, as I did, don't miss it.

Updated On: 6/21/25 at 09:22 AM