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From: keesan@bbnccv.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan)
Newsgroups: net.movies,net.theater
Subject: Re: Musicals: Stage to screen
Message-ID: <61@bbnccv.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 18:45:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 26 18:45:19 1985
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Reply-To: keesan@bbnccv.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan)
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In article <346@brl-sem.ARPA> abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper) writes:
>. . . there's one more factor that I might not have heard
>mentioned.  In a live performance of a play, a musical comedy,
>an opera, an orchestral concert, or even bluegrass, there is a
>certain "chemistry" that can occur between performer and
>audience that cannot be recorded on hard media.  She or he is,
>in a real sense, singing to YOU.  There is even the (perhaps
>imagined) occasional eye contact if your seat is sufficiently
>good.

    Hear, hear!  This is what I think of as the "magic" of the theatre, which
movies can't capture.  This is why I often leave movies saying, "That was good,
but I'm glad I didn't pay first run price for it," and sometimes leave the
theatre (live theatre, that is) saying, "That wasn't a very good play, but
what the hell, the tickets were only $20 each."  Even mediocre live theatre has
that certain magic that even the best movies don't have.
-- 
Morris M. Keesan
keesan@bbn-unix.ARPA
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