South Pacific: A Musical Play
Format: hardcover
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 170
Edition language: English
Never really liked this R&H as a kid because it was slow and had themes I didn't really understand. Having watched it as an adult, the racism really surprised me and turned me off of the entire play. "Happy Talk" is about the only song I can take away from it, but since it involves the poor island g...
When people hear the word "musical" they tend to think "comedy". I don't know why, although I do, too. And then we're surprised to discover that a musical deals with serious topics. But, if I listed ten off the top of my head, at least half of them would deal with something serious, probably more...
Lovely songs, weird bitter-sweet story.