tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551261045977896784.post5828752876826998456..comments2024-03-17T05:15:02.895-04:00Comments on Operation Opera: Carousel: What if the "Clambake" number was in every Rogers and Hammerstein show?Dr. Operahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150662643983127706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551261045977896784.post-62740879839278239382013-05-13T02:26:21.092-04:002013-05-13T02:26:21.092-04:00Glenn, loved your pre-opera presentation, as alway...Glenn, loved your pre-opera presentation, as always.<br /><br />You mentioned that many in the field dismiss Rogers and Hammerstein as being "corny" and "sentimental." This got me to thinking, since I've loved their work since I was a young child, and continue to do so. <br /><br />Perhaps this disparity of opinion stems from the show having been written during a highly emotional and passionate time (the very end of WWII), while we reside in a post-modernist age of irony. And perhaps our current culture has difficulty distinguishing between sentiment and sentimentality. My working definition: if a scene earns its emotional content, it's sentiment. If it's over the top, then it's sentimentality. Everyone teardrop in Carousel is more than earned. - Fred Levy (aka Cindy's husband)Fred Levyhttp://www.fredlevy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551261045977896784.post-4947574253885926172013-05-09T18:54:41.376-04:002013-05-09T18:54:41.376-04:00Dwight, I would add that "goulash" has l...Dwight, I would add that "goulash" has limited rhyming potential... :)Dr. Operahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150662643983127706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8551261045977896784.post-74591522701976854842013-05-09T14:17:06.880-04:002013-05-09T14:17:06.880-04:00Would the song have been improved had the show ret...Would the song have been improved had the show retained the orginial setting? As in...."We had a real nice goulash." But no, you're right - it's not as nice a song as the clambake seemed to be.<br /><br />Dwight Davis Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com