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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2024 12:41:56 GMT
Why do characters have to be likeable? Because we spend 2 hours 40 minutes in their company. Just my opinion, of course.
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2024 13:33:37 GMT
I agree. There has to be at least one likeable or at least identifiable character or you have nobody to relate/empathise/root for. This was the problem with ‘Saltburn’ for me. Everyone was really quite unpleasant.
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Post by ceebee on Jan 20, 2024 13:37:14 GMT
Because "Who will buy?" isn't a completely joyous uplifting number led by an equally joyous cast...
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2024 13:39:20 GMT
Because "Who will buy?" isn't a completely joyous uplifting number led by an equally joyous cast... No, it turns out that the flower seller had done a stretch for GBH. 🤣
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Post by dippy on Jan 20, 2024 14:26:44 GMT
What's wrong with Oliver? What's he done to make you not like him, aren't we meant to be rooting for him to have a better life? Also what's wrong with Mr Brownlow? To me the are some likeable characters.
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2024 14:39:43 GMT
Perhaps they meant that the characterisations weren’t likeable?
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2024 15:08:46 GMT
No, I definitely meant the characters aren't likeable.
I'm pleased Oliver gets his better life, but he's the only one, and at what cost.
Mr Brownlow is one of those people who thinks he can buy everything and everybody, waving his bedsheet sized £5 notes about.
Sorry to be so controversial. It is just a musical, and this is a very good production of it.
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Post by dippy on Jan 20, 2024 15:13:24 GMT
That's true that Mr Brownlow thinks he can get what he wants and just has to pay.
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2024 15:22:28 GMT
No, I definitely meant the characters aren't likeable. I'm pleased Oliver gets his better life, but he's the only one, and at what cost. Mr Brownlow is one of those people who thinks he can buy everything and everybody, waving his bedsheet sized £5 notes about. Sorry to be so controversial. It is just a musical, and this is a very good production of it. ARE YOU SAYING THAT JODIE PRENGER ISN’T LIKEABLE? I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY TO PLAY NANCY.
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Post by lizzymac on Jan 28, 2024 17:49:58 GMT
Fantastic show- wonderful and talented cast and brilliant staging in the round. Thoroughly enjoyed it. However we sat on the back row of section GG at one side of the large bridge structure and it really impacted on our view. We couldn’t see about a third of the stage at all our view then got even worse during the scenes set in Fagin’s den. Some props descended from the ceiling and completely masked our view of most of the rest of the stage. I would imagine that this affected the back few rows in my section. The people sitting next to us were closer to the bridge structure and had an even worse view. They were angry and said that they had not been informed about the restricted view when booking- and paying full price. love in the round productions, enjoying seeing how creatively the team can present the performances but it really felt like our little bit of the auditorium had been forgotten! It felt like lots of the action was focused focused to the audience at the other side of the theatre. I might sound like a bit of a moaner but I saw another post about restricted views and the poster was shot down. I just wanted to redress the balance and say there were some problems with some parts of the theatre. I loved the production- it absolutely deserves all the plaudits- but my enjoyment was spoiled by the view!
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Post by crabtree on Jan 30, 2024 17:16:15 GMT
Oliver's 'arrival' was a suggestion of the imaginative joys, both grim and light, that lay ahead. A magnificent, intelligent production.
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