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That’s an interesting perspective, newintown, because the reason I think PARADE is more successful than his other work is how it doesn’t explicitly reach for “deep,” “profound,” or “philosophical” editorializing. JBR dramatizes the events largely by musicalizing the thoughts and experiences of the characters in a very grounded, human way, and by letting the events speak for themselves, that’s where he achieves a sum larger than the parts. That’s always been my experience of it, anyway. Just the way he makes a character like Leo Frank sing impresses me. I think it’s his least aggressive and most natural work, dramatically.
Posted: 12/17/13 at 12:19pm
That’s an interesting perspective, newintown, because the reason I think PARADE is more successful than his other work is how it doesn’t explicitly reach for “deep,” “profound,” or “philosophical” editorializing. JBR dramatizes the events largely by musicalizing the thoughts and experiences of the characters in a very grounded, human way, and by letting the events speak for themselves, that’s where he achieves a sum larger than the parts. That’s always been my experience of it, anyway. Just the way he makes a character like Leo Frank sing impresses me. I think it’s his least aggressive and most natural work, dramatically.
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