| re: Carol's at the spinet: The musical role Burnett always wanted to play | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 02:53 pm EDT 05/31/24 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:49 pm EDT 05/31/24 | |
| In reply to: re: Carol's at the spinet: The musical role Burnett always wanted to play - pecansforall 01:55 pm EDT 05/31/24 | |
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| Burnett, in the best sense of the word, is a wonderful clown. Her go-for-broke zany comedic skills are surely what made her a perfect Winnifred onstage, etc. And I'm not going to say she isn't warm as a personality, but Mame needs lots of that, and maybe it doesn't feel like that's so much Burnett's persona. Lansbury had that warmth. It comes across so well even in just the cast recording. And - I don't know if anyone else hears this the way I do - but there's one little moment in Lansbury's "If He Walked Into My Life" that just might define her emotional side of the character. Listen to the intake of breath after "what a shame" (a place I actually don't think a breath is called for). It might just be a regular old inhale, but I think I hear something emotional in it - that almost undefinable way that we use breath AS emotion. To me, that's how plugged in Lansbury seems to be. Link is below, at the bridge section. Listen for the breath at the 2:30 mark. |
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