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Posted by Frank R.A.J. Maloney on 07/04/06 20:56
Howard Brazee wrote:
>>> Why has the musical _Flower Drum Song_ mostly disappeared? Because
>>> it isn't about white folk?
>>
>> I suppose you know "Flower Drum Song" was revived and revised for
>> Broadway in 2002, with a new book by David Henry Hwang, and some
>> changes to the lyrics and numbers. It ran for 169 performances
>> compared to the 600 performance-run of the original production.
>>
>> I find it more than interesting that one of the more positive user
>> comments was by the son of Dong Kingman, the artist who created the
>> beautiful opening and closing title paintings for the film.
>>
>> The son wrote in part: "In many ways a beautiful film, and a case
>> can be made, a pioneering one. Okay so it is a bit corny, a few
>> young members of audience uneasily snickered at the stereotypes,
>> scenes could have been cut, especially one fantasy sequence. Yet the
>> Flower Drum Song endures and to enjoy."
>
> It deserves to be seen far more than it does. Do you know how they
> did the B&W TV number in the original and the revised Broadway run?
I haven't heard and I've never seen a stage production, alas.
--
Frank in Seattle
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