#1
Posted: 11/15/05 at 10:01pm
Saw it Saturday night. Heard so many complaints about this damn coffin and thought it was crystal clear what it represented. He was craddling it whilst singing about Johanna for God's sake!
Can someone explain to me what all the confusion was about?
I felt it respresented the loss of innocence (duh, a white baby coffin), but more specifically, the Judge killing Johanna's spirit when he locked her away. She was this young girl, full of life and ready to love and he broke her down spirit and turned her into a timid creature fearful of her own shadow, thus, her the loss of innocence. No?
Perhaps the problems with it weren't so much about what it represented, but the necessity of it being present. I, for one, think it fits in perfectly with the rest of the concept. Perhaps it reads as pretentious, but I think on the whole it's a refreshing take on the story. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and would post a thought out review, but SVU is coming on, so, perhaps later!).
Can someone explain to me what all the confusion was about?
I felt it respresented the loss of innocence (duh, a white baby coffin), but more specifically, the Judge killing Johanna's spirit when he locked her away. She was this young girl, full of life and ready to love and he broke her down spirit and turned her into a timid creature fearful of her own shadow, thus, her the loss of innocence. No?
Perhaps the problems with it weren't so much about what it represented, but the necessity of it being present. I, for one, think it fits in perfectly with the rest of the concept. Perhaps it reads as pretentious, but I think on the whole it's a refreshing take on the story. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and would post a thought out review, but SVU is coming on, so, perhaps later!).
"You! You are the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber! And you, well, I just plain don't like you."
~Stewart Gilligan Griffin
~Stewart Gilligan Griffin
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