tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post8744092724948722662..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Quote of the DayPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-21540595300099973482009-07-07T17:59:35.821-04:002009-07-07T17:59:35.821-04:00When I say something is "dated," I usual...When I say something is "dated," I usually mean that the untimeliness of the story/details has obscured the emotional meaning. When you spend most of a play trying to sift through plot points from another era, that deeper value of a show that Sondheim references can be lost.<br /><br />At any rate, saying something is "dated" is often a cop-out for those who don't want to do the intellectual heavy lifting. After all, The Coast of Utopia was about some pretty old political issues, as was Les Miz for that matter, and both were hugely popular in their own different ways.Moxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643545507270140458noreply@blogger.com