Stock Characters

Mimi Paragon

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Dec 12, 2002, 12:47:35 PM12/12/02

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"And the Sour Kangaroo (Natasha Yvette Williams) depends on that tiresome
Broadway cliche--the big-voiced black woman with an excess of attitude."
~From a Seussical Tour Review

What else?

The ingenue to who becomes a soubrette.
The cad with a heart of gold.

~Paul.

Kaffitimi

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Dec 12, 2002, 1:21:17 PM12/12/02

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<< What else?

The ingenue to who becomes a soubrette.
The cad with a heart of gold. >>

The skirt who is doing him dirt.

Richard Wall

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Dec 12, 2002, 1:35:03 PM12/12/02

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The scene where the villain is mean

Everything ends in mince meat

KAR

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Dec 12, 2002, 1:37:17 PM12/12/02

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The king of an underworld ring.

Parterrebox

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Dec 12, 2002, 2:16:39 PM12/12/02

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> What else?

The fragile old lady who belts out a life-affirming ditty.

The Latina spitfire.

The tempestuous foreign-accented diva.

The fireplug ensemble dancer who does a gymnastic solo break.

The baritone lady growler second lead.

Gérard Morvan

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Dec 12, 2002, 3:36:21 PM12/12/02

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"Mimi Paragon" <sfca...@aol.comusical> a écrit dans le message news:
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Every variation of foreigners cliché: the authoritarian German, the lustful
Frenchman, the snotty English, the drunk Irish, etc.

Gérard Morvan

Bushwhacker

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Dec 12, 2002, 5:54:14 PM12/12/02

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Mimi Paragon wrote:

The wisecracking second banana.

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David Thomson

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Dec 12, 2002, 8:05:24 PM12/12/02

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> "And the Sour Kangaroo (Natasha Yvette Williams) depends on that tiresome
> Broadway cliche--the big-voiced black woman with an excess of attitude."
> ~From a Seussical Tour Review
>
> What else?
>

>The tart with a heart

Tim Gowen

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Dec 13, 2002, 2:37:52 AM12/13/02

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In message <ZnaK9.56$NA2....@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>, David Thomson
<bandw...@ozemail.com.au> writes

That sounds like dessert at Mrs Lovett's.

Tim

--
Tim Gowen
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Steve Newport

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Dec 13, 2002, 9:28:03 AM12/13/02

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In non musicals for awhile (FIFTH OF JULY, TV's TWILIGHT OF THE GOLDS)
we had the improbable good-looking, always supportive, gay boyfriend.

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Jason Travis

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Dec 15, 2002, 5:18:31 AM12/15/02

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> "And the Sour Kangaroo (Natasha Yvette Williams) depends on that tiresome
> Broadway cliche--the big-voiced black woman with an excess of attitude."
> ~From a Seussical Tour Review
>
> What else?

Juvenile lead who takes over a tough city with some small town innocent
clarity.

Steve Newport

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Dec 15, 2002, 2:37:39 PM12/15/02

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And who dances rings around highly-trained Broadway pros.

Re: Stock Characters

Group: rec.arts.theatre.musicals Date: Sun, Dec 15, 2002, 4:18am (EST-1)
From: jayct...@yahoo.com (Jason Travis)

Juvenile lead who takes over a tough city with some small town innocent
clarity.

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Jaime J. Weinman

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Dec 18, 2002, 8:01:25 PM12/18/02

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Three happy-go-lucky sailors on shore leave. Or three soldiers on a
three-day pass. Anyway there's always three of them.

The wisecracking belter who doesn't have much to do with the plot, and
doesn't interact much with the other characters, but gets lots to
sing, including a big mock-gospel number in act 2.

The fast-talking playboy hero (who settles down with the strong-willed
heroine who "tames" him). The sad-faced little middle-aged guy who
gets pushed around by everybody and talked into wacky schemes by said
hero. Think William Gaxton and Victor Moore.

The heroine's middle-aged chaperone, who has a comic romance with the
hero's middle-aged friend.

The heroine's two (usually two) wisecracking friends, both slightly
more worldly-wise than she is.

Steve Newport

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Dec 19, 2002, 5:11:16 AM12/19/02

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If only Sondheim, Guettel, Finn, and LaChiusa would write shows like
these!!

Re: Stock Characters

Group: rec.arts.theatre.musicals Date: Wed, Dec 18, 2002, 5:01pm (EST-3)
From: ja...@weinmans.com (Jaime J. Weinman) Three happy-go-lucky

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