I hadn't thought about Being There in those terms, but it makes a lot of sense. I overstated things saying that "the point" of Being There was anything--I hadn't even really given it much thought. But definitely Being There is openly showing you that these people are making mistakes around Chance, he's not really trying to be deep.
Light in the Piazza is I think from the 50s--I think it was a movie...checks imdb...yes, it was a movie in 1962 with Olivia deHavilland, George Hamilton (as Fabrizio!) and Yvette Mimeux. Maybe it was a book or a play originally? This current musical is recently adapted from the play or the movie or the book, whatever it was first. I assume at the time it was written you could just be looser with stuff like this, but I can't help but wonder why someone would adapt it *now* when generally mental disorders are dealt with more openly, you know?
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Date: 2006-04-13 07:05 pm (UTC)Light in the Piazza is I think from the 50s--I think it was a movie...checks imdb...yes, it was a movie in 1962 with Olivia deHavilland, George Hamilton (as Fabrizio!) and Yvette Mimeux. Maybe it was a book or a play originally? This current musical is recently adapted from the play or the movie or the book, whatever it was first. I assume at the time it was written you could just be looser with stuff like this, but I can't help but wonder why someone would adapt it *now* when generally mental disorders are dealt with more openly, you know?