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Posted: 4/2/09 at 2:08am
In a similar vein to the "Too Cute for the Role" thread, does the perfectly shaped body of someone in a show set in a different time period ever distract you?
I look at the bodies of the male dancers in the current revival of "West Side Story" and the recent revival of "A Chorus Line" and the gym buffed perfection of them keeps me being able to suspend my disbelief needed for theater.
I think "No street punk in the 1950's ever had abs like that." Or "Not that many dancers in the 1970's had arms and shoulders like that."
Does this bother anyone else out there, or is it just me?
From the pictures I've seen of the revival of "Hair" the casting director got it right and cast people whose bodies looked like you could have seen them back in the late '60's.
I look at the bodies of the male dancers in the current revival of "West Side Story" and the recent revival of "A Chorus Line" and the gym buffed perfection of them keeps me being able to suspend my disbelief needed for theater.
I think "No street punk in the 1950's ever had abs like that." Or "Not that many dancers in the 1970's had arms and shoulders like that."
Does this bother anyone else out there, or is it just me?
From the pictures I've seen of the revival of "Hair" the casting director got it right and cast people whose bodies looked like you could have seen them back in the late '60's.
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