LCT--Don't Cut "Happy Talk" in South Pacific!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:30pm

Please don't cut this song!

It's adorable!

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:34pm

I agree. It's also really catchy.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 8:37pm

I think they should have Liat sing at least one verse of it if it's a Bloody Mary song, even if Bloody Mary is the girl for me.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:39pm

Ugh, totally unnecessary song. I hope they cut it.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:40pm

Ya got something against charm?

I like the elegance of its simplicity.

[NCSAcat]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:50pm

I could be wrong, but I think this song does have an important function within the show.

It serves as Bloody Mary seduction of Cable into a relationship with her young daughter in order to secure boht her own and her daughter's future.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:51pm

Why would they cut it?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 9:52pm

Some misguided souls consider it "politically incorrect."

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:00pm

Which part is considered un-PC?

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the moon floatin' in the sky
Lookin' at a lily on the lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly.
Makin' all the music he can make.

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about a star lookin' like a toy
Peekin' through the branches of a tree;
Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the boy sayin' to the girl:
"Golly, baby, I'm a lucky cuss"
Talk about the girl sayin' to the boy:
"You an' me is lucky to be us!"

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

If you don't talk happy,
And you never have dream,
Then you'll never have a dream come true!


It's good idea, you like?

Are you sure you don't mean You Have To Be Taught?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:01pm

Or There Is Nothin' Like A Dame?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:01pm

My point, exactly.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:02pm

...or A Cock-Eyed Optimist

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:04pm

No, my point is WHO considers it un-PC? Has anyone else ever heard this theory?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:05pm

Look at this thread.


Liat in South Pacific Updated On: 12/10/07 at 10:05 PM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:20pm

my absolute favorite song in the show!

[whatever2]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:46pm

nomdeplume: im baffled by this thread:

(1) why would you start a new thread, when you could have just posted to the thread you linked to/

(2) the poster in the other thread was just offering an opinion -- there is no creditable source for what's really just his/her speculation.

good weed or something?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:48pm

You baffle easily, whatever2.

This thread is asking LCT to keep the original "as is" and not make changes a la recent production of Flower Drum Song.

[whatever2]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:51pm

well that was testy -- mebbe it wasnt such good weed after all? :P

i assure you my baffle factor is almost as high as your threads tonite on this musical are voluminous ... i see i now i shouldnt have bothered you -- very sorry.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 10:58pm

Baffle away, whatever2.

You do not offend.