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Post by killerbananas on Dec 20, 2007 11:33:21 GMT 9.5
I just noticed there wasn't a thread discussing OA's 1997 'Die Fledermaus' and wondered what you all thought of it?
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 20, 2007 14:00:27 GMT 9.5
I can't believe we forgot to make one! *thud*
I adore Die Fledermaus, I'm always singing something from it these days ((when I'm not singing carols for choir ... shoot, I have another rehearsal tonight XD)). I find him rather adorable with the moustache ((yes, applies to Captain Corcoran too)) and the hilarious French play in Act II ... It's gorgeous. Wonderful cast, set, and all that jazz. I did notice a bit of an editing error in Act I but that's just like me to look out for those things.
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Dec 29, 2007 7:48:17 GMT 9.5
Die Fledermaus was the first thing (other than CD's) of Ant's that I owned. I got a VHS copy long, long ago... I think I kinda wore out the tape  , so now I have it on DVD... so much better! I just love his 'Top Hat 'n Tails'... *toast* |
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Post by sanderella59 on Dec 29, 2007 12:02:06 GMT 9.5
My Boxing Day consisted of cricket, yachting, leftovers, dozing on the couch and watching Fledermaus twice. I hope that's what heaven is like!!!! I just love the Fench accent - a cross between Pepe Le Pew and Gerard Depardieu!!! And the dancing, and the acting, and the dinner suit, and the singing. I could go on for ever!!! I then watched Patience and had some very disturbed dreams next time I dozed!!!!
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Post by jazzgirl1960 on Dec 29, 2007 14:15:51 GMT 9.5
My Boxing Day consisted of cricket, yachting, leftovers, dozing on the couch and watching Fledermaus twice. I hope that's what heaven is like!!!! I just love the Fench accent - a cross between Pepe Le Pew and Gerard Depardieu!!! And the dancing, and the acting, and the dinner suit, and the singing. I could go on for ever!!! I then watched Patience and had some very disturbed dreams next time I dozed!!!! I'd have to say that sounds like a damn good Boxing Day to me! And did those dreams consist of an adorable man in pink tights singing in a cute french accent??? |
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Post by sanderella59 on Dec 29, 2007 14:18:54 GMT 9.5
Got it in one!!!!!
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Post by killerbananas on Dec 30, 2007 16:07:59 GMT 9.5
I did notice a bit of an editing error in Act I but that's just like me to look out for those things. Would that be during the "done the harm, done the harm, done the harm" bit where they're passing the briefcase and in switching camera angles they go back a few seconds so a line and move is repeated? Or did I imagine that? Fledermaus is something I can just watch over and over again, always laughing at the same jokes and (sadly) singing and acting along with it. What is it about Patience that makes it seep into your brain and never leave? XD |
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Post by Marie-Cris on Dec 30, 2007 21:25:58 GMT 9.5
The pink TIGHTS for one ...
And yes, the "done the harm" bit. I suppose it's good to know they do recordings on different nights too.
"Les vine! No ... Les vine! Les table! Les Miserables!"
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Post by killerbananas on Jan 2, 2008 16:00:55 GMT 9.5
It's so incredible how he can pull off being an Australian playing an American, but then effortlessly make us believe he's an American pretending to be French... amazing...
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jan 2, 2008 16:13:32 GMT 9.5
One of the joys of the theatrical world ...
Damn, I've got Post Performance Syndrome again.
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Post by killerbananas on Jan 2, 2008 16:16:22 GMT 9.5
I've got a craving to be back on the stage, but dance classes for 08 don't start for another month...
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jan 3, 2008 20:41:37 GMT 9.5
Thanks to everyone getting me to think about Warlow in the naughty ways we are ((it started off with a girl called Molly on a Rocky Horror forum ... after my constant talking of pink TIGHTS)), there's one line in Die Fledermaus that I can't think about without cracking up.
"You'll come, then?"
"How can I resist? I would love to - "
I don't think I need to say it; particularly since he holds it for a few seconds.
Not IT as in - oh, shut up! *hides*
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Post by sanderella59 on Jan 3, 2008 20:52:26 GMT 9.5
XD XD XD XD
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jan 3, 2008 20:56:09 GMT 9.5
I haven't been able to watch Fledermaus quite the same when I first thought of that ... I've ruined it, haven't I? XD
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Post by sanderella59 on Jan 3, 2008 21:04:30 GMT 9.5
No. Just added another dimension!
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jan 3, 2008 21:52:13 GMT 9.5
"He's gone into ... THE 3RD DIMENSION."
Gawd he's adorable in Act II *thud*
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Post by killerbananas on Jan 3, 2008 22:34:58 GMT 9.5
I wouldn't mind being hypnotised by the watch.....and finding out what those "wickedest whims" are.... *wink wink*
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Post by Marie-Cris on Jan 4, 2008 12:49:00 GMT 9.5
tick, tock, tick, tock ...
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Post by killerbananas on Jan 25, 2008 15:24:21 GMT 9.5
I wish there was OA show merch from the nineties....I'd buy a Fledermaus clock.....
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Post by jayko on Feb 6, 2008 20:26:47 GMT 9.5
I loved this show, now whenever I pour a drink I make the same sound that Ant did when pouring the champagne!!
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, so now I have it on DVD... so much better!
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