Jeremy Irons - Why can't the English?
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Though I'll agree, too, that the Rex Harrison style is so ingrained in our minds for this part, I'm not sure an audience would like someone trying to be too different. Much like in any amateur stage production of Wizard of Oz or It's a Wonderful Life, audiences tend to WANT to performers sing and speak at least somewhat like Judy Garland and Jimmy Stewart ...
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@jonberger - Actually, having played the part myself, I can tell you that much of the music is deliberately written to straddle that line between singing and speaking. Irons chooses to sing a little more often than Harrison did - but it's still near-impossible to actually "sing" more than 60 or 70 percent of any of the Higgins songs, because of the way they're written. I think it has to do with the character being an orator, a speech-ifier, so he gets "patter" songs.
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gosh, he is so handsome. this older man drive me crazy.
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Rex will always be my hero, but you did well here, Jeremy. I think the speaking is much better for this song!
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Interesting that Irons doesn't do the tune either. I assume the song HAS a tune, but Rex Harrison didn't sing it, because he couldn't sing, so instead he invented the technique, invariably known as "Henry Higginsing," of just speaking the lyrics in rhythm. And now apparently that's how everyone thing the song goes, even people like Irons who actually CAN sing.
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Bravo!!!
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Actually the present participle form of 'to hang' is either 'hung' or 'hanged'- of course both are correct. Although 'hanged' should be used in that situation, the form 'hung' is almost always used in British English
2 months ago 4
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@PaleRonin Yes, it should... and that is why it is so utterly hilarious to us 'freaks' out there. :-P
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Shouldn't it be "taken out and hanged"?
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@JD1010101110 xkcd, lol.
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My goal is to earn enough money to have Jeremy Irons follow me around and do all my dialogue for me!
JD1010101110 11 months ago 46
I imagine that Scar singing this to me. :p
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