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...Greenhalgh??s take on Candide is largely inspired by the legendary composer, Bernstein, who is perhaps best known for his West Side Story score. “Bernstein was very much a Hollywood celebrity, and was very in touch with that scene, and I feel that a lot of the parallels really resonate between what Voltaire was meaning to satirize and what Bernstein saw in his own time,” says the director, relating a scene that was originally about the Spanish Inquisition to a scene that has been updated to reflect McCarthyist themes...
...Greenhalgh??s take on Candide is largely inspired by the legendary composer, Bernstein, who is perhaps best known for his West Side Story score. “Bernstein was very much a Hollywood celebrity, and was very in touch with that scene, and I feel that a lot of the parallels really resonate between what Voltaire was meaning to satirize and what Bernstein saw in his own time,” says the director, relating a scene that was originally about the Spanish Inquisition to a scene that has been updated to reflect McCarthyist themes...
...reminiscent of the squeaky-voiced Lena Lamont character in Singin’ in the Rain, often stole the show. In a way, though, her dominance was a shame; if other actors had dug into their characters as much as Greenhalgh did, they could easily have taken back some of Greenhalgh??s well-earned applause...
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