Send In The Clowns- Meaning?- Page 2

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 9:35pm

Desiree has just proposed a relationship to Frederick, and he has refused her. She is angry and disappointed and resigned to the fact that this might have been her last chance at real personal happiness. But being an actress, she is also a trouper used to making the best of bad situations, so she mocks herself (and Frederick) very poignantly as actors who have played out their bad scene with very poor timing and now the stage manager should send in the comic relief. By the end of the scene, she realizes they themselves are pretty comic, trying to re-establish a relationship more typical of young love than middle aged regret. "Don't bother, they're here.
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This. And so poignantly said. I could try, but would have failed to describe the meaning of this perfect song so eloquently.

[wonkit]

Posted: 1/19/15 at 10:50pm

Thanks! I'm blushing at your compliment.