Comments | chibisilverwing: 1991 Long Island/1997 Pittsburg Script minus songs for POSTERITY.

chibisilverwing

1991 Long Island/1997 Pittsburg Script minus songs for POSTERITY.

Feb 16, 2011 16:26

Holy heck Batman. I am deep into the crazy right now. I hope that I cool my passion a bit after I finish listening to all these new soundtracks. Knowing me? It's kinda unlikely.

Script made from what I can hear/infer. Will be working on this for awhile. When it's done I'll post it somewhere if anyone can think of a place I should? frayedshoelace any suggestions ( Read more... )

script, chess

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thaliathetiger February 16 2011, 21:46:16 UTC

You complete me.

zedille February 17 2011, 05:09:20 UTC

How sad that the best his country's produced / Is crumbling in front of our eyes and reduced, etc.

Pittsburgh has the French reporter asking (in accented English) "Mr. Trumper what is your opinion on the--" Long Beach has something like "Monsieur Trumper qu'est-ce que c'est votre favori--". Either that, or "qui est-ce que c'est", I'm not sure.

Since it seems like you're listening to the Pittsburgh recording too, HAVE MY COMMENTS xD: Listen to the track Nobody's Side. There's some (spoken) action that happens after the song proper is over. This Molokov's performance is to die for (WALTER YOU BASTARD!) And the Freddie sounds surprisingly feminine (Mulan, imho.) And Walter is a... gangster? ghetto? *not sure of the word*

(Long Beach's Story of Chess reprise is also really quite nifty ( ... )

chibisilverwing February 17 2011, 08:08:22 UTC

I'm trying to go over Pittsburgh and Long Beach side by side, since they're very similar, but Long Beach is hardd to hear XD I think I'll get Pittsburgh down then listen through Long Beach for the differences.

I love Pittsburgh so much so far (I'm moving through a bit slowly). Freddie sounds so young! And after this and Sydney, the fiance and I now have it in our heads that Walter and Molokov must be these two. Seriously ( ... )

zedille February 17 2011, 08:46:31 UTC

The last bunch of fic writers (mostly passed out of the fandom now) were pretty big on Walter and Molokov as a pair (both slash, and just interacting together). I can link you if you'd like?

I had a whole ramble about different Arbiters in different productions before I cut it out, I talk a lot If you want "firm and resolute", you should see 2008 RAH Marti Pellow. He looks (or tries to look) so badass during The Arbiter, it's hilarious (either that, or he looks really angry/grumpy). I think he was channeling a bit of US Tour Arbiter...

I really admire you for having the patience to actually go through and listen for the differences. I need to remember that there really ARE some worthwhile bits in the USA versions, and that they're not all bad even if the character development has been shot to hell... though that was Broadway more than the other productionsOh man that book looks excellent! I hope you can get your hands on a copy of it, I'd love to learn about how the original production was staged. There's a lot you can get from ( ... )

zedille February 17 2011, 08:47:05 UTC

ignore that broken italics tag at the end there, will you? >.>

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