I guess you could throw a psychological spin on the show in that
underneath the public aspect of elegance and sophistication (as typified
by the outward attire the 18th century is famous for), the private
aspect is one of _____ (fill in the blank with own perspective of the
"reality" of 18c life), which could be represented by the "unreal"
colors of the clothes and make-up, partially torn away garments,
tattered edges, anomalies of behaviors of both the costumes and
characters. I think the comment, in Naples, by the upwardly-mobile
opera singer probably summed up the attitude of the whole show:
"...because we're all going to die..."...so what the heck, let 'er rip!!!
Theresa Eacker
Land of Oz wrote:
I thought sure there would be several comments this morning! Are you
all too shocked beyond comment?
I think it was pretty clear in part 2 that the costumes (esp. women's)
were fantasy intrepretations, barely based on anything historical. I
have to admit that I loved the punk hair and the "venetian blind"
hoops in the scene from the party at Naples. The story line was just a
bit too twisted, but I suppose it all fit together.
Even my daughter finally said - "What is with those costumes?! They
didn't really wear their make-up like that, did they?"
Denise B
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