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Aug. 30th, 2008 04:45 pmDecided to do the complicated sleeves on the doll dress. It's a heck of a lot of work for something so tiny and I just hope it's worth it in the end. But I doubt it will be. *bites nails*
Listened to the original cast recording of Finian's Rainbow. Though there's no such thing as a bad version of FR in my opinion, I think it's actually my least favorite. The actress playing Sharon is Scottish, and she's trying to put on an Irish accent, but it ends up being an odd mixture of the two, and "Look to the Rainbow" ends up sounding like "Luke to the Rainbow". Also I prefer the sillier, livelier performances of Howard Morris as Og in the 1960 production, and Tommy Steele in the movie, to David Wayne's rather flat rendition. Besides, I grew up loving the movie version, and nothing could ever replace it in my esteem. Even if they did tone down some of the lyrics; was there a Republican administration in 1968? Nixon, I think? If so, I suppose it wouldn't have been politic to call the GOP 'misbegotten'! (Even though it's an apt description!) But it's got Fred Astaire, so what more could you ask for? :)
Listened to the original cast recording of Finian's Rainbow. Though there's no such thing as a bad version of FR in my opinion, I think it's actually my least favorite. The actress playing Sharon is Scottish, and she's trying to put on an Irish accent, but it ends up being an odd mixture of the two, and "Look to the Rainbow" ends up sounding like "Luke to the Rainbow". Also I prefer the sillier, livelier performances of Howard Morris as Og in the 1960 production, and Tommy Steele in the movie, to David Wayne's rather flat rendition. Besides, I grew up loving the movie version, and nothing could ever replace it in my esteem. Even if they did tone down some of the lyrics; was there a Republican administration in 1968? Nixon, I think? If so, I suppose it wouldn't have been politic to call the GOP 'misbegotten'! (Even though it's an apt description!) But it's got Fred Astaire, so what more could you ask for? :)
