tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post702916265955484180..comments2023-06-23T07:40:29.749-06:00Comments on following the little god...: A Question....Joyce Ellen Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-70025687661671582772008-10-30T16:49:00.000-06:002008-10-30T16:49:00.000-06:00Hi, Michelle, you shapeshifter! Glad to find you ...Hi, Michelle, you shapeshifter! Glad to find you here! Thanks for your comment, and for coming by. I don't think I would have been bothered by any casting if it were staged in concert, where there were no sets or actual staging, and they just SANG ~ but as a piece of THEATER, with costumes and sets, etc....Or even if the role was not specific to age or gender or whatever, like January said, it wouldn't bother me.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-8096291426678166832008-10-30T04:55:00.000-06:002008-10-30T04:55:00.000-06:00For me, I think this might be one of those questio...For me, I think this might be one of those questions you can only answer after you've been in the situation. <BR/><BR/>The visual is important, yet I'm against "discrimination" or "selectivity" on a visual basis to the detriment of other talents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-72649485933743438462008-10-29T12:50:00.000-06:002008-10-29T12:50:00.000-06:00It was awesome. Everyone in the cast was awesome....It was awesome. Everyone in the cast was awesome. I can usually take opera or leave it...but this one made me cry. An OPERA made me CRY!<BR/><BR/>January, I would have loved seeing ANY of those great people in "Forum."<BR/><BR/>Tammy, yes, lucky me. Tell Dave you want to go to the opera! What kind of a response would that get?<BR/><BR/>Christine, my husband NEVER reads what I write ~ never has. No worries about that!<BR/><BR/>Kay, I thought about you all during our NZ talk--I even told them about you! (All GOOD!)Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-26886090193488549282008-10-29T04:48:00.000-06:002008-10-29T04:48:00.000-06:00I'm a visual person - that is I think in pictures ...I'm a visual person - that is I think in pictures / images, so a visual fit has to be right for me. If you are more of an aural person maybe not so much.<BR/>The opera you saw / heard sounds / looks awesome. :)Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-54522732432007454582008-10-28T20:11:00.000-06:002008-10-28T20:11:00.000-06:00An amazing evening all around for you and your hus...An amazing evening all around for you and your husband.<BR/><BR/>I do think the visual is important, although if the voice fits the role, our imagination can take over. But if I have to vote, you win the the discussion. But don't tell your husband I said so. He might think we're ganging up on him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-3162026090084677032008-10-28T14:15:00.000-06:002008-10-28T14:15:00.000-06:00I've never had the opportunity to go to an opera. ...I've never had the opportunity to go to an opera. I am a visual person and would need acting and singing to make it believable.<BR/><BR/>Lucky you! XXOOTammy Brierlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14673290512175050093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14709545.post-54769806099031553062008-10-28T13:06:00.000-06:002008-10-28T13:06:00.000-06:00I guess it depends. I'm all for the willing suspen...I guess it depends. I'm all for the willing suspension on disbelief, pretending that a 45-year old black woman can be Asian. But it does make sense to put someone more appropriate in the role. <BR/><BR/>Still, most parts written for one ethnicity or gender. Long ago, I saw two revivals of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." One show featured Nathan Lane; a year later, this show featured Whoopi Goldberg. They both brought different things to the role, which was originally written for a male lead. <BR/><BR/>Interesting questions.Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.com