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October 14, 2012 10:08 PM Subscribe
In the extended cut of Ken Lonergan's Margaret, there is a new scene in which Lisa's high school drama club is rehearsing a play. What play are they rehearsing?
There is a big ship's steering wheel onstage, and the play seems to be a musical (based on there being a band and on there being a piano underscoring the first shot of the scene). This points to a few obvious possibilities: Peter Pan, a Gilbert & Sullivan nautical show, or maybe South Pacific. Does the movie give us enough clues, musical or otherwise, to let us know exactly what show the high school students are producing?
There is a big ship's steering wheel onstage, and the play seems to be a musical (based on there being a band and on there being a piano underscoring the first shot of the scene). This points to a few obvious possibilities: Peter Pan, a Gilbert & Sullivan nautical show, or maybe South Pacific. Does the movie give us enough clues, musical or otherwise, to let us know exactly what show the high school students are producing?
Haven't seen it, but the ship's wheel would mean that it isn't South Pacific, since much of the plot of that revolves around the fact that they're stuck on an island, away from the action.
posted by BlahLaLa at 5:57 AM on October 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by BlahLaLa at 5:57 AM on October 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: The version of the extended cut that I watched was on Blu-Ray. I cannot seem to find the scene on youtube.
posted by HeroZero at 6:08 AM on October 15, 2012
posted by HeroZero at 6:08 AM on October 15, 2012
Haven't seen the movie, but much of Anything Goes takes place on a ship.
posted by quadrilaterals at 7:06 AM on October 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by quadrilaterals at 7:06 AM on October 15, 2012 [1 favorite]
I haven't seen the extended cut, but Lonergan's script mentions King Lear a couple of times and has scenes set during rehearsals of Guys and Dolls. However, I don't think "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is meant to be staged on an actual boat, so that's not exactly conclusive where the actual film is concerned.
The script does have an actual snippet of sung dialogue. ("My time of day is the dark time ..." on page 61.) Did that make it into the cut you watched? That could settle it one way or another. Maybe the reference was made ambiguous due to rights concerns. There's also a Guys and Dolls poster described later on in the script.
(Incidentally, I've read that the extended cut is only available on DVD, not Blu-ray. Are you sure the disc you've watched was a Blu-ray?)
posted by Mothlight at 8:04 AM on October 15, 2012
The script does have an actual snippet of sung dialogue. ("My time of day is the dark time ..." on page 61.) Did that make it into the cut you watched? That could settle it one way or another. Maybe the reference was made ambiguous due to rights concerns. There's also a Guys and Dolls poster described later on in the script.
(Incidentally, I've read that the extended cut is only available on DVD, not Blu-ray. Are you sure the disc you've watched was a Blu-ray?)
posted by Mothlight at 8:04 AM on October 15, 2012
Just in terms of rights and legalities it's likely that it's something that's in the public domain, like Shakespeare or Gilbert & Sullivan, rather than something more contemporary which would require licensing.
posted by BlahLaLa at 11:27 AM on October 15, 2012
posted by BlahLaLa at 11:27 AM on October 15, 2012
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