NO. I've really NEVER seen or read a piece where it was "Absolutely essential" to the plot or to the progression of the show? What's next- a musical about "My Son, the Proctologist"?!
Think of the word "imagination" and then shift over to the sivler screen for a moment and picture Rhett carrying Scarlett up thoat staircase- you KNEW what waw going to happen, seeing it was not necessary, but if the same film was made today, she'd be out of her corset before you could say "Tara's draperies". Oh, and let's not forget the briliant direction of Julie Taymor- we KNEW those weren't animals on stage, but she made us use our minds to suspend reality. I'm just saying that there are may ways to present the same topic, and it seems as if nudity is being "used" as opposed to "required or needed", and that should give us all cause for thought.But, as we see so often on these boards lately, people are so quick to criticise others before ebgaging their own brain, so, to each his or her, own tastes.
"I'm mad, you're mad. we're all mad"...
The Cheshire Cat
Updated On: 2/25/07 at 12:59 PM