Got Into the Woods from Netflix. Am very confused now. I've never listened to the score before, so it was a little hard at times figuring out what everyone was singing.
Well, that's at least partly a warning, though. "Someone is on your side/someone else is not." Sondheim isn't arguing against the concept of making a call and choosing a side, there. He's saying that actions have consequences and you have to face up to those consequences, not that you should never act or that you're required to give up your friend for squishing because he made a mistake.
Exactly. Sondheim said in an interview that I saw years back that most people miss the significance of the song because they focus on "No one is alone." It is not meant to be a comforting song about community or about how everything will turn out alright in the end. It imparts some harsh truths, too. For example, as you said, "someone else is not". Other examples: "Others may deceive you...No one acts alone. Careful. No one is alone...Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood," etc. It will turn out alright only if you learn the essential truth that actions have consequences, and that you own up to your actions and be willing to sometimes do unpleasant things to make them right or better.
Exactly. Sondheim said in an interview that I saw years back that most people miss the significance of the song because they focus on "No one is alone." It is not meant to be a comforting song about community or about how everything will turn out alright in the end. It imparts some harsh truths, too. For example, as you said, "someone else is not". Other examples: "Others may deceive you...No one acts alone. Careful. No one is alone...Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood," etc. It will turn out alright only if you learn the essential truth that actions have consequences, and that you own up to your actions and be willing to sometimes do unpleasant things to make them right or better.
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