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Post by theatre2023 on Feb 24, 2024 14:40:03 GMT
Are they perhaps taking color blind casting too far ?
The Notebook tells the story of husband & wife and starts with them in old age narrating how they met.
Younger teen version of themselves - white male / black female
Adult version of themselves - white male / black female
The narrators in senior citizen form are inexplicably black male / white female (!)
Just a tad confusing 😂
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 24, 2024 18:51:13 GMT
I must admit that internal consistency is something that I prefer in terms of casting.
I know there are those who say they can see beyond skin colour. But I am not sure I actually believe them.
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Post by mattnyc on Feb 24, 2024 21:57:05 GMT
When watching the show it’s actually not confusing. I don’t think they needed three pairs though, two would have been just fine.
As for the show itself, it’s alright. Nothing I’ll ever have a desire to see again. It’s beautiful to look at in parts and the cast IS all excellent with the material they’re given to work with.
I will say I’m positive this is gonna be a huge hit though with tourists.
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Post by theatre2023 on Feb 25, 2024 0:29:29 GMT
I never saw the movie - so it did take a while to clock that the casting director suffers from color blindness.
The show had most of the female audience in sobs of tears … but personally found the show to be excruciatingly boring at times. Yet another “paint by numbers” movie to stage attempt that adds very little to the world of theatre sadly. Instantly forgettable and certainly wouldn’t recommend it.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 25, 2024 13:50:02 GMT
So i dont know the show but Im cool with the casting aporoach. If i want realism i watch tv or film. For me, theatre has the power to easily take you out of the realworld and thats why i love it.
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Post by mockturtle123 on Feb 25, 2024 14:48:34 GMT
I never saw the movie - so it did take a while to clock that the casting director suffers from color blindness. The show had most of the female audience in sobs of tears … but personally found the show to be excruciatingly boring at times. Yet another “paint by numbers” movie to stage attempt that adds very little to the world of theatre sadly. Instantly forgettable and certainly wouldn’t recommend it. Do you have any idea what that sounds like? "suffers from color blindness"? There's no suffering here. I don't think the casting makes sense, but no one is suffering from color blindness. No one is suffering by living in a more accepting, tolerant and open world. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2024 6:15:29 GMT
ouch
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Post by invisiblegirl on Mar 15, 2024 6:26:24 GMT
I never saw the movie - so it did take a while to clock that the casting director suffers from color blindness. The show had most of the female audience in sobs of tears … but personally found the show to be excruciatingly boring at times. Yet another “paint by numbers” movie to stage attempt that adds very little to the world of theatre sadly. Instantly forgettable and certainly wouldn’t recommend it. Do you have any idea what that sounds like? "suffers from color blindness"? There's no suffering here. I don't think the casting makes sense, but no one is suffering from color blindness. No one is suffering by living in a more accepting, tolerant and open world. It is a strange choice though. They shifted the story from the 1940s to the 1960s (and out of the south) so an interracial relationship could be at least plausible… but then the show never acknowledges the reality of the younger Allies’ Blackness, which certainly would have been pertinent, then does the race swap thing for the older version of the couple. Choosing to make Noah and Allie an interracial couple could have added another layer of complication and depth to their story, but it seems they wanted to have it both ways, surface level inclusion without actually engaging with race. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 12, 2024 16:36:35 GMT
I thought this was excellent. Second row (far side) with an excellent Drops ticket, thankfully just out of the splash zone. They could put Singin in the Rain in with few changes needed. I don’t know the book (or film) at all. It’s predictable but not in a problematic way.
This isn’t destined for a long life as it just isn’t selling well, but I do feel this could easily be scaled down and have a future that way.
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Post by Mark on Jul 12, 2024 22:18:32 GMT
Dr Tom I highly recommend reading the book, it's wonderful. The film, I didn't find had the same relationship and became far to lustful. It's a lovely show though, I feel it will do very well in London.
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Post by dlevi on Jul 18, 2024 10:42:53 GMT
I was surprised at how much I loved this show - beautiful performances and an often soul- stirring score. I found the cross-racial casting rather inspiring and the overall romance of the story rather wonderful. I did feel though that the design was a mess - they could've figured out something more coherent for that. I hope they find a way to run because it deserves to be a success.
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Post by lolalou on Jul 22, 2024 11:13:37 GMT
Closing announcement imminent... Is this correct? going to NY in Oct, really wanted to see this |
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Post by lolalou on Jul 22, 2024 11:14:30 GMT
Any chance of it tranferring to the West End?
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Post by Mark on Jul 22, 2024 12:58:06 GMT
Any chance of it tranferring to the West End? Of all the shows that opened last season I’d say it’s the most likely one. |
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Post by alicechallice on Jul 22, 2024 14:22:03 GMT
Closing announcement imminent... Is this correct? going to NY in Oct, really wanted to see this Well, that comment was almost 5 weeks ago, so a tad premature perhaps. It is widely considered to be next for the chopping block though, in terms of box office performance. Though, as suggested above, bar The Great Gatsby, it has the best name recognition in terms of its chances of a London run. |
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