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RE: Favourite Plays
September 2, 2023 at 11:33 am
(September 2, 2023 at 11:26 am)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 2, 2023 at 6:38 am)brewer Wrote: https://sites.psu.edu/lavspassionblog/20...-musicals/

Your own link Wrote:...a musical is “a play where the dialogue stops and the plot is conveyed through song.”

Then it's no longer a play.
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September 2, 2023 at 11:49 am
(September 2, 2023 at 11:33 am)brewer Wrote: Then it's no longer a play.

In your opinion.

Musicals have all the elements of plays, plus one, and even straight plays incorporate music and song, just not as a part of the dialog. I think you're arguing a difference without a distinction.
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RE: Favourite Plays
September 2, 2023 at 12:16 pm
(September 2, 2023 at 11:49 am)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 2, 2023 at 11:33 am)brewer Wrote: Then it's no longer a play.

In your opinion.

Musicals have all the elements of plays, plus one, and even straight plays incorporate music and song, just not as a part of the dialog. I think you're arguing a difference without a distinction.

You're welcome to your opinion and so an I, I think there is a distinction.
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RE: Favourite Plays
September 2, 2023 at 12:22 pm
I try to avoid cliches, but some people do seem to enjoy making mountains out of molehills.
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September 2, 2023 at 10:51 pm
Musicals are only for the mentally ill and fat people.
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RE: Favourite Plays
September 3, 2023 at 12:26 am
(September 2, 2023 at 10:51 pm)MarcusA Wrote: Musicals are only for the mentally ill and fat people.

Well, aren't you quite the judgmental little fuck.
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September 3, 2023 at 1:50 am
(September 3, 2023 at 12:26 am)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 2, 2023 at 10:51 pm)MarcusA Wrote: Musicals are only for the mentally ill and fat people.

Well, aren't you quite the judgmental little fuck.

Apparently, the Indians are big on musicals, and they're all mentally ill.
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September 3, 2023 at 2:05 am
Tick, tick, tick...

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RE: Favourite Plays
September 3, 2023 at 2:09 am
(September 3, 2023 at 1:50 am)MarcusA Wrote:
(September 3, 2023 at 12:26 am)Ravenshire Wrote: Well, aren't you quite the judgmental little fuck.

Apparently, the Indians are big on musicals, and they're all mentally ill.

And now, some hate speech. And you claimed there are no bigots. Tut Tut
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RE: Favourite Plays
September 3, 2023 at 2:13 am (This post was last modified: September 3, 2023 at 2:14 am by MarcusA.)
Apparently, Americans are big on musicals, and they're all fat.
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