We saw this version of Merrily. I thought it was fine, but there were some directorial choices I would have made differently. (Franklin Sheppard Inc, in particular.)
For better or worse, it's one of the ever lengthening list of shows I can only enjoy critically, not immersively, and one of the things that is weird is I imprinted on the (in some sense) original version, via the album and performing in it twice in high school, and the current version was heavily edited from that. so watching it as an adult is always an experience in noticing all the edits and wondering why they did XYZ, and whether I think it's actually an improvement, while my gut reaction is "but they're DOING IT WRONG!" :)
I would love to get my hands on some memoir where the people involve discuss why they made those edits... Sadly. Finishing The Hat doesn't get into that at all.
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For better or worse, it's one of the ever lengthening list of shows I can only enjoy critically, not immersively, and one of the things that is weird is I imprinted on the (in some sense) original version, via the album and performing in it twice in high school, and the current version was heavily edited from that. so watching it as an adult is always an experience in noticing all the edits and wondering why they did XYZ, and whether I think it's actually an improvement, while my gut reaction is "but they're DOING IT WRONG!" :)
I would love to get my hands on some memoir where the people involve discuss why they made those edits... Sadly. Finishing The Hat doesn't get into that at all.