1st Video—
And watch all of the acrobatics she goes through to try and produce a vocal character. In the second video you get to see the take they’re so upset about. Can you find anything wrong with it?
She looks CRAZED, and let’s be honest, that just isn’t what it’s about. Emotion is not something that you have to put all out at once. The emotion is what allows you move forward, you take the emotion through a sieve that you get that precious piece of golden voice! Really, it feels like the lack of the preparation was what made it worse! And she came in the next rehearsal and delivered. She says that she “planned” the whole thing, and this is really the meat of the situation which is that it’s so important to visualize the truth of the situation and let that follow you. Granted… it might have been a little bit different with all the cigarettes eh? You’re not going to get the gold with the acrobatics of production, it really comes from solid preparation.
It comes down to the second video and I’ll admit, it’s an entertaining piece of film work! It just isn’t the recording we want to listen to over and over. And in the recording we all know and love she just doesn’t fall apart like she does in the recording. It’s difficult to watch a woman, a person, any person crash and BURN like she does! If that were done today, for one it wouldn’t have been done that many time, but I know my teacher would put a stop to it much sooner. The producer says “tension” and “flaccid” but it’s more than that, it’s that in her flamboyancy she fails to connect to anything transmutable. It’s all for her and not for anyone else. The hoops she jumps through adds absolutely nothing to her performance.
3rd Video
The original production of “Company” had around 700 performances and Stritch has probably sung the song a thousand more times since then by the time this video was made. Does she seem to be phoning it in or does it still seem like it’s new for her?
It looks new to me. She looks so real in these moments, and it comes down to the production of the matter. As an artist it’s important to stay in the moment, and she certainly does. I can totally see the crazed-ness in her eyes though, instead it’s composed and contained. She uses the character to channel that energy through her successful vocalizations.
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