1:22:27 If they did this today, it would say "Titles Aren't Essential". Also, is it weird that I recognise the font? That's Herculaneum, the font used on _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ . (Not to be confused with James Cameron's _Avatar_ , which made use of a certain other font that no-one likes.) 1:55:10 "No... it's not true! That's impossible!"
@ARC the Cartoon Master The placard "TITLES AREN'T VITAL" was unknown for 133 years until this production in 2016 and it rhymes. Why do you think that it requires lengthening just 5 years later?
@@MrCuddlyable3 Well, because, you know... COVID. Everyone was making a bid deal out of which jobs were essential and which weren't when this whole fiasco started, so the word "essential" got tossed around like bootleg videotapes.
@@ARCtheCartoonMaster The fairies' immortal calling implies disinterest in virus or human employment, as Laila's words demonstrate: "Lovers all essentials give" she sings without compunction because the word "essential" meaning "basic element of anything" is unambiguously recorded in English since the 1650s.
A big cast and a lot of choreography went into this. A British production would have paid more attention to Pvt. Willis' Grenadier uniform and would not have deviated from Gilbert's text "He’s a Parliamentary Pickford" into "...parliamentary packhorse". I regret it when American productions introduce cheerleaders into the Act 1 finale march as I think G&S would turn in their graves. But on the whole thumbs up for this enjoyable production.
As consummate showmen, I think Gilbert and Sullivan might prefer to have new fans created through productions that are comprehensible to a younger audience, espeically in the USA, than adhere to the D'Oyley Carte mindset. I would agree that things can get out of hand, but a fair amount of latitude should apply. Where the exact line is between the rigidly traditional and 'clever' ammendations to the text, hard to say. Ultimately, good taste might be the arbiter; is the entertainment card played to show off or polioticize, or to provide a sense of immediacy for a range of audience members?
@@williamschroder8470 Expressions such as Lord Mountararat's "This comes of women interfering in politics." fix this opera in time as a satire of 19th century politics that can only be diluted if one injects confusing 21st century political themes to get laughs. But I applaud the innovation of the rotating Queen at the end of Act 1 - that is unobjectionable and is showmanship of the highest order.
One of the most enjoyable performances I've seen. Well, but not over chereographed. some modern productions go to such lenghts that the words and music seem to take back place. Gilbert and Sullivan have always been conducive to ad libbing although I do regret the cutting out of captain Shaw. I don't think this would put young people off but rather might spur them to look it up (on their phones?) If so they would get her greater appreciation of some of the wackiness of Gilbert's inventive genius.
An excellent production, but, to be pedantic, why are all the peers (except Mountararat and Tolloller) dressed in the blue order of of St George. There are 8 orders in the British peerage and colours of robe including Red, Pink, Light Blue, Green etc.
