People who are childhood friends won't necessarily speak the same way, partly because some people have better ears than others, and some are more interested in adapting to their environments, too. Marx and Wright had divergent life paths (Wright=South+gay+NYC+playwright) vs. (Marx=South+journalist) which could easily lead to different sounds. Also, childhood friends aren't always born&bred in the same place. Lots of kids transfer in and out over long distances...especially army brats...
Plus, yo, acting. Lots of audience members haven't got a fine-tuned ear and need broader distictions made for them, and it's a big house, as you say. Using the vocal equivalent of painting broad strokes with primary colors is a valid and useful technique here, since no amount of authenticity would be worth even a moment of the audience wondering "wait...who is he being again now?"
There's no real average audience member for this kind of show. I've (seen it twice and) heard from people who dug it based on their knowledge of German culture, gay culture, fascist psychology, architectural preservation, Weimar culture, acting, lighting design, and presentational aesthetics/contemporary performance.
All that said, I loved the show, but you know, I did have one such moment as you had where I found something distracting, but I knew it was me and my ear, and that it didn't matter a whit to anyone else in the audience: during the presentation of the Medal of Honor, the "croud applause and cheering" sound cue was clearly a stock sound from a sound effects library, and the cheering was very very American-sounding.
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Date: 2005-02-18 08:26 pm (UTC)Plus, yo, acting. Lots of audience members haven't got a fine-tuned ear and need broader distictions made for them, and it's a big house, as you say. Using the vocal equivalent of painting broad strokes with primary colors is a valid and useful technique here, since no amount of authenticity would be worth even a moment of the audience wondering "wait...who is he being again now?"
There's no real average audience member for this kind of show. I've (seen it twice and) heard from people who dug it based on their knowledge of German culture, gay culture, fascist psychology, architectural preservation, Weimar culture, acting, lighting design, and presentational aesthetics/contemporary performance.
All that said, I loved the show, but you know, I did have one such moment as you had where I found something distracting, but I knew it was me and my ear, and that it didn't matter a whit to anyone else in the audience: during the presentation of the Medal of Honor, the "croud applause and cheering" sound cue was clearly a stock sound from a sound effects library, and the cheering was very very American-sounding.