[title of show] Nitpick
[title of show] Nitpick
#1[title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 9:15pm
I adore this show, so this is totally not a bashing thing, but did anyone else ever notice that in "Nine Peoples' Favorite Thing", the lyric "Those nine people will tell nine people, then we'll have eighteen people loving our show" is incorrect? I'm not amazing at mathematics, but I think that would end up being 81 people as opposed to 18.
Ah well. Nobody ever said that theatre people were the math nerds from high school, right?
goldenstate5
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/06
#2re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 9:17pmWow, three posts in a row. They don't say "each", they mean one other person, in other words, if nine people each tell nine people each it would be 81, but if nine as a whole tell nine other different people, then it would just double and be eighteen. Hope that helps...
longshadowsfalling
Understudy Joined: 3/21/06
#2re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 9:18pmYou could interpret the line either way. Either that the nine people will collectively tell nine people in which case it would of course be 18 people. But you could also take it that each person would tell nine people, which would mean that yes, it would be 81 people.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 10:50pmNO! The entire show is ruined for me now! Why don't they have proofreaders check these things!? RUINED!!!
#5re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 11:31pm
Oy.
I mentioned before that I really love the show, but the line never really made sense to me. =)
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#6re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/10/07 at 11:35pm
I adore this show.
But they pronounce KWAMINA wrong, the accent is on the second syllable
Kwa-MIN-a.
Updated On: 2/10/07 at 11:35 PM
WriteInNYC
Chorus Member Joined: 10/1/05
#7re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/11/07 at 2:13pmI love this show too. It's one of the most original scores I've heard, and it was one of those performances that stayed with me a long time after I saw it. I can't wait to see/hear what these guys write next.
madlibrarian
Broadway Star Joined: 8/15/06
#8re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/11/07 at 6:46pmOn the Kwamina cast album, they clearly say KWA-min-a.
#9re: [title of show] Nitpick
Posted: 2/11/07 at 6:53pmi always thought it was "18 hundred people" lovin the show. maybe i'm wrong?
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