re: #14 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Just watched the Joker. As usual Phoenix was great, but overall it was an ok movie. Not one of watch again.

At the end, Send in the Clowns played. Sad song. Hubs asked if I knew what it was about (I didn’t, I don’t hear lyrics very well, I have weird ears) so we discussed. I think it’s not just an allegory about love but one about gay love.

Thoughts?

just happened to read this yestereday

Necessity as the Mother of Invention: “Twin Soliloquies” and “Send in the Clowns”

Let’s take a look at “Twin Soliloquies” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and “Send in the Clowns” from Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Now, I know what you’re thinking. These two songs have absolutely NOTHING in common. One is a duet and the other is a solo. South Pacific premiered in the late 1940’s, but A Little Night Music wasn’t written until the early 70’s. The duet is a sweet depiction of two people falling in love. The other deals with lost love and disillusionment. So what is the common thread here? Well, both of these numbers were written for very specific practical reasons.