Posted: 5/28/15 at 4:40pm
I don't blame them for choosing the safety of the children. Our culture is terribly unkind about the looks and the very existence of butch women.
Posted: 5/28/15 at 4:43pm
Posted: 5/28/15 at 5:00pm
That's the clip everyone is being dicks about?
It's adorable. Jesus.
Posted: 5/28/15 at 6:54pm
They should have done 'Changing my Major' it will be interesting to see the reaction of the morning show audience and on Twitter! (Although may be too risqué for a morning show and a few of the lyrics will be bleeped out) lol And I bet 90% of the View audience does not know the FH storyline
Updated On: 5/28/15 at 06:54 PM
Posted: 5/28/15 at 6:56pm
Well they sure didn't mention that it deals with gay and lesbian themes. I'd think it was intentional.
Posted: 5/28/15 at 8:33pm
I would guess 90% of COUBTRY doesn't know what Fun Home (or most musicals are about.
They did show a kiss between Joan and middle Alison during the clips, however
Posted: 5/29/15 at 12:49am
I've seen the show and seen the kids sing the song outside the show (Shubert Alley) and both times were wonderful. The kids all can definitely sing and dance and I was impressed.
Posted: 5/29/15 at 11:01am
This was probably my least favorite number of the show... It just felt very tacked on.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 4:28am
Their performance on The View didn't encapsulate the essence or greatness of Fun Home by any means. But I see why they chose that song. It gives away very little plot and is probably one of the more marketable numbers for the majority of viewers who know nothing about it. It's showing off a little bit of the show without really giving away anything. It almost makes the show more sacred.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 6:46am
The video clip of Tesori and Kron talking about behind the music of Fun Home gives a good rationale for why this wasn't just tacked on and instead is a good representation of the way families with funeral home connections felt about living like that.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 2:03pm
"This was probably my least favorite number of the show... It just felt very tacked on."
If there's any number that felt tacked on, for me, it was Raincoat of Love.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 2:09pm
""This was probably my least favorite number of the show... It just felt very tacked on."
The video clip of Tesori and Kron talking about behind the music of Fun Home gives a good rationale for why this wasn't just tacked on and instead is a good representation of the way families with funeral home connections felt about living like that."
Indy, I hadn't seen that video yet so thanks for pointing that out. I was actually thinking about this discussion this morning and the same rationale occurred to me. It was important to show that living in a funeral home didn't feel creepy to the kids - otherwise it would be the elephant in the room for people (most of us) unfamiliar with living like that. I had a classmate growing up that lived in a funeral home and I remember feeling weirded out the first time I went to her house.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 2:10pm
"Raincoat…" worked a bit better downtown, in my opinion. But the trade off for the uptown staging was worth it.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 7:31pm
They sound great on the cast recording. I think there was something off with the sound and it seemed like they were rushed in the View performance. That said, I still found it to be a cute performance.
Posted: 6/1/15 at 8:47pm
The boys are not on the cast recording. It is the Off-Broadway cast. I felt they were much more in tune and in sync in this song than this performance. Have not seen the show on Broadway yet.
