Sunday, April 12, 2020

Because we're seeing sometimes the only way to not give up is to laugh, or burst into song - on social distancing



Because sometimes the only way to not give up is to laugh, or burst into song.  It doesn't make the problem go away, but it can help you face it better after you laugh or sing. 

And it may not even be in questionable taste if it's educational.  :)

This was brought on by the NYToday and Theater columns in the Times and the words in the real song as sung by Nicolette Larson - "need relating, not solitude."
"It's Gonna Take a Lotta Gloves"

(Parody of "Lotta Love" - the real song is the 1970s top 10 classic written by Neil Young)

(this link added to YouTube April 21 2020)  
Imagining pitching a "My Fair Lady" for the commercial needs of a new era. For inclusion, Higgins is nice to Eliza from scene 1, so it's over in 15 minutes, allowing for 20 performances a day, since there can only be30 in the audience. This would be "MY FAR LADY" 
The flower girl is given a mask sewn from flowers at a moment when she's tired of staying in.
"I've Sewn a Costume for Your Face" https://youtu.be/x3RXDyle5sA

Also:  A new video of this song from the show "Across State Lines" - Everyone in the video guaranteed observing the six-feet-apart rule
Asking the musical question: Doesn't 6 feet apart beat 6 feet under?
"With My Friend Killing Time"
(music and lyric by Fred Landau)