Re: Schenectady reviews
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:49 am
I noticed some of these in Costa Mesa. Only a couple of these bother me, I liked the Merry Christmas and VERY much noticed that gone, and Mank being out??? That bit of UKism seemed to be one of the only slang left in to give at least SOME extreme "otherness". Sad that's gone.atreyu wrote:Only have time to mention a handful of slight changes before checking out of the hotel, grabbing lunch and heading to the matinee. It has been fun chatting with kport, michaelj, tomtorfan and muck912 about these changes and speculating about why they are being introduced at this time. So we might as well get the rest of the forum involved as well.
To me, it seems the biggest change is more intensity ("pathos" is kport's term, I believe) with Dad's character and to some extent Billy. It's not like Rich Hebert's performance had been lacking by any means, but he is noticeably more forceful in his confrontations with Mrs W and Tony.
With Billy, it was noticeable with Noah. More expressions and reactions than previous. Mitchell's take has been more feisty since he started, but I daresay that has also gone up a notch. Didn't notice much change for Drew and I continue to love his performances all around.
"Mank" is out. "Rotten" is in.
Michael does not slide through George's legs in the boxing scene anymore.
When Michael attempts to go the gents the second time and flops on his back, it is accompanied by an "I give up!"
"Ripoff" was back for Noah and Drew when paying Mrs. the second 50p.
Tony is not the one pushing the bed on stage when he is bloodied.
The line "It's all kicked off" is spoken by Big Davey, not Dad. (Tomtorfan noticed that one, most of the rest of us missed it)
Tony doesn't state Billy's age anymore, saying "He's just a kid" instead.
The Winter scene ends with "See ya Billy/Michael" without the "Merry Christmas" when Michael reaches the steps.
I'm sure there's more but that's all I have for right now. More commentary later.