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I excluded the sexual component from recent posts precisely because people have asserted that there is none. And I say, ok, even if that is the case, it is still unpalatable for this child to be singing about what she is singing to the music she is singing and the manner in which she is singing it.

And yes, I don't want to hear an adult sing sickly and hideous music either, but adult voices are usually not of the whining variety.

"how come you only talk about the shows you didn't like? "

I'm only talking about this show because of people's questions (and aspersions). Believe me, if there is a show I'd love to forget, it's this one.

"I'd like to hear about the shows that you DO like."

Unfortunately, they're not writing many shows on the order of The Sound of Music or Mary, Mary nowadays. Maybe if I'm in a nostalgic mood one day, I'll reminisce about shows like that.

Although, come to think of it, when I did reflect happily upon one of those shows, it was met here with scorn and foul language. So perhaps it's best to keep those cherished remembrances to myself.

Updated On: 5/2/15 at 10:22 AM

A8: Just as a thought experiment, I'm honestly curious whether your response might be more positive if this libretto had been set to a new and beautiful score by a resurrected Richard Rodgers, instead of the music that Ms. Tesori has given us (or foisted on us, if you prefer). Same book, more or less the same lyrics (altered as needed to fit classic golden-era song structures), altogether different music. Even hypothetically, it's pretty impossible to imagine, on any number of counts; but in theory, it might at least improve "the music she is singing and the manner in which she is singing it," by your standards.

But I'm not clear whether even that radical "what-if" scenario would necessarily make "what she's singing about" any less "unpalatable" to you. Would it?

What is it that she's singing about, do you think? You say you "excluded the sexual component because people have asserted there is none," but do you agree that there is none?

How would you describe the subject of "Ring of Keys" to someone who'd never heard it? "This little girl comes onstage and whines to horrible music for three minutes about..." what, exactly?

Updated On: 5/2/15 at 10:52 AM

"It's hard to know if the source is good old Rex Reedian misogyny and lesbophobia or more Bruce Kimmelian chimera nostalgia."

This will be one of my favorite comebacks for a very long time. Kudos.

There's no arguing-- be it civilized or uncivilized-- with this creature. He is a self-indulgent, pompous piece of sh*t who hijacks every thread about something he doesn't like into a carnival carousel that goes round in circles, always circling back to his own pompous, stubborn opinion of how wonderful life and theater was like when Dwight Eisenhower was president and mommy was in the kitchen and pop was off to the plant as if it were a fact, and how vile anything that doesn't look at life through conservative and delusional rose-tinted glasses is.

So guys, you're losing a battle that isn't worth fighting. After Death can never admit defeat, just like Karl Rove.

After all, this is the person who said:

"If a child is going to sing in a musical, let it be about about tea with jam and bread or a cuckoo in a clock."

And said this song was:

"...one if [sic] the most stomach-churning moments I've ever experienced in the theatre. Listening to it was like being force-fed curdled milk. "

Updated On: 5/2/15 at 11:54 AM

A8

You obviously don't like musical theatre, so why are you here. Go see the revivals of every Hammerstein musical and make yourself happy, but please don't sh*t all over every new show that comes out. Theatre is changing and while the classics should always be held close to our hearts, there are new and innovative musicals out there that are beautiful too.

You obviously have some sort of mental disorder that causes you to be so bitter. I'm sorry about that, but please don't troll this board anymore. I blocked you and I would appreciate it if everyone else did too so that you can stop hijacking every thread.

I'm ignoring the A8 back and forth.

However, I will say, like Someone in the Tree, I also don't find "Ring of Keys" appealing to me melodically thought I admire the lyrics. (I keep trying, I swear!) Lately I've been listening to "Maps" and especially "Telephone Wire" much more. I think Telephone Wire is actually the one that moves me the most purely musically. "Day and Days" I listen to but depending on my mood I sometimes find it wonderful and sometimes a bit too much of a muchness.

They're multiplying.

Good God

They're everywhere.

^ The new AfterEight (no space) just joined today.

Someone's figured out how to game the system. This should be fun.

And even better, A8 2.0 seems much more civil when stating opinions!

Updated On: 5/3/15 at 12:18 PM

The Bechdel parents are 12-20 years younger than Cerveris and Kuhn. This could be done by a much younger crowd.

You agree completely with the assertion that "Ring of Keys" is somehow vulgar?