Midnight Media Cafe - Fiddler on the Roof
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seraiA special presentation of MMC for Hannukah:
Notwithstanding its focus on an extremely specific and insular culture, the musical play Fiddler on the Roof has a surprisingly universal appeal. The play has been produced in many countries, with audiences marveling at how the story fit so well into their own cultures, for what traditional culture has not had to deal with poverty, the difficulties of raising children, and the passage of time?
Tradition - 1971 film version
Sunrise, Sunset (Japanese version)
L'Chaim (Hindi version)
If I Were a Rich Man (Spanish version) - Pedro Armendariz
I could not find a good performance clip of that last one, but Armendariz' singing really captures the character of Tevye. It's wonderful how the story shines through no matter what the language.
Notwithstanding its focus on an extremely specific and insular culture, the musical play Fiddler on the Roof has a surprisingly universal appeal. The play has been produced in many countries, with audiences marveling at how the story fit so well into their own cultures, for what traditional culture has not had to deal with poverty, the difficulties of raising children, and the passage of time?
Tradition - 1971 film version
Sunrise, Sunset (Japanese version)
L'Chaim (Hindi version)
If I Were a Rich Man (Spanish version) - Pedro Armendariz
I could not find a good performance clip of that last one, but Armendariz' singing really captures the character of Tevye. It's wonderful how the story shines through no matter what the language.
