http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1103 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 11 May 2026 20:51:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1103&cpage=1#comment-10402 girldetective Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:16:37 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1103#comment-10402 Kate, that's an excellent point. I just watched Robert Wise's Sound of Music, and the first 2 hours flew along from song to song. Kate, that’s an excellent point. I just watched Robert Wise’s Sound of Music, and the first 2 hours flew along from song to song.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1103&cpage=1#comment-9146 Kate Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:12:39 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1103#comment-9146 While I believe Jerome Robbins should have directed the whole movie, I'm not sure the slowing down in the second half is a function of that change. Having worked that show backstage during a run, the second half is just terribly slow, even in the theater. I can remember sitting backstage during the fake marriage scene (One Hand, One Heart) and just groaning because we often lost the audience engagement at that time. Figuring the second half includes "One Hand, One Heart," "Somewhere," "I Have a Love," versus the first half ("America," "Something's Coming," "Tonight" for example), it's certainly a show that slows waaaay down in the second half. While I believe Jerome Robbins should have directed the whole movie, I’m not sure the slowing down in the second half is a function of that change. Having worked that show backstage during a run, the second half is just terribly slow, even in the theater. I can remember sitting backstage during the fake marriage scene (One Hand, One Heart) and just groaning because we often lost the audience engagement at that time. Figuring the second half includes “One Hand, One Heart,” “Somewhere,” “I Have a Love,” versus the first half (”America,” “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight” for example), it’s certainly a show that slows waaaay down in the second half.

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