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* CutSong: Gershwin's score runs to over three hours of music, and is rarely performed complete; the original production cut a lot of material including the opening Jazzbo Brown Blues and the "Oh, Doctor Jesus" sextet, while a successful 1942 revival went even further, cutting much of the recitative and replacing it with dialogue. Uncut performances have become more common since the 1970s, though still relatively rare.
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Keep Circulating The Tapes is trivia
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The 1959 film adaptation can't legally be reissued without permission from the Gershwin estate, and they've vetoed any reissue from happening. A few prints do survive (as does the original camera negative), but they are rare. Even poor-quality bootleg copies are hard to find. Despite this, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and was indicted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry, with the library possessing a digital copy of the film.
* MisattributedSong: The revival entitled "The Gershwins' ''Porgy And Bess''" took some flak from people who pointed out, correctly, that [=DuBose=] Heyward had even more to do with the lyrics than Ira Gershwin did.
* MisattributedSong: The revival entitled "The Gershwins' ''Porgy And Bess''" took some flak from people who pointed out, correctly, that [=DuBose=] Heyward had even more to do with the lyrics than Ira Gershwin did.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The 1959 film adaptation can't legally be reissued without permission from the Gershwin estate, and they've vetoed any reissue from happening. A few prints do survive (as does the original camera negative), but they are rare. Even poor-quality bootleg copies are hard to find. Despite this, the film was deemed "Culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and was indicted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry, with the library possessing a digital copy of the film.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The 1959 film adaptation can't legally be reissued without permission from the Gershwin estate, and they've vetoed any reissue from happening. A few prints do survive (as does the original camera negative), but they are rare. Even poor-quality bootleg copies are hard to find. Despite this, the film was deemed "Culturally, "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and was indicted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry, with the library possessing a digital copy of the film.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The 1959 film adaptation can't legally be reissued without permission from the Gershwin estate, and they've vetoed any reissue from happening. A few prints do survive (as does the original camera negative), but they are rare. Even poor-quality bootleg copies are hard to find. Despite this, the film was deemed "Culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, and was indicted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry, with the library possessing a digital copy of the film.
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* CoveredUp: Modern audiences can be so used to hearing Summertime as a jazz standard that the original aria can be jarring.
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* CoveredUp: Modern audiences can be so used to hearing Summertime "Summertime" as a jazz standard that the original aria can be jarring.jarring.
* CutSong: Gershwin's score runs to over three hours of music, and is rarely performed complete; the original production cut a lot of material including the opening Jazzbo Brown Blues and the "Oh, Doctor Jesus" sextet, while a successful 1942 revival went even further, cutting much of the recitative and replacing it with dialogue. Uncut performances have become more common since the 1970s, though still relatively rare.
* CutSong: Gershwin's score runs to over three hours of music, and is rarely performed complete; the original production cut a lot of material including the opening Jazzbo Brown Blues and the "Oh, Doctor Jesus" sextet, while a successful 1942 revival went even further, cutting much of the recitative and replacing it with dialogue. Uncut performances have become more common since the 1970s, though still relatively rare.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: [=DuBose=] Heyward's book ''Porgy'' was a big hit when it first came out, but today is remembered only for inspiring Gershwin's opera.
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* MisattributedSong: The revival entitled "The Gershwins' ''Porgy And Bess''" took some flak from people who pointed out, correctly, that [=DuBose=] Hayward Heyward had even more to do with the lyrics than Ira Gershwin did.
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unfortunate implications need citations
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Du Bois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture, especially in their way of speaking. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
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* MisattributedSong: The revival entitled "The Gershwins' ''Porgy And Bess''" took some flak from people who pointed out, correctly, that [=DuBose=] Hayward had even more to do with the lyrics than Ira Gershwin did.
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* FairForItsDay: The opera has often been criticized for racial stereotyping, especially the dialogue. But contrary to many other depictions of the time, Music/GeorgeGershwin went out of his way to make sure that his portrayal of African Americans was respectful, even living among Gullah communities in South Carolina while composing to research authentic musical idioms. Ira Gershwin, as George's executor, specifically stipulated that the lead roles should always be performed by black singers, nixing any opportunities for {{blackface}} performances (even at the Met!), which gave several African American opera stars their big breaks.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: One of the central themes of the opera is the question of whether people are in love or simply using each other. As such, many relationships in the show are open to interpretation, particularly Porgy and Bess. Are they both in love with each other, is it just one-way, or are they just using each other (Bess needing shelter, and Porgy needing companionship)?
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* CoveredUp: Modern audiences can be so used to hearing Summertime as a jazz standard that the original aria can be jarring.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Dubois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture, especially in their way of speaking. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Dubois, Du Bois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture, especially in their way of speaking. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Dubois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Dubois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture.culture, especially in their way of speaking. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Both in it's time and nowadays the play received criticisms by several black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Dubois, for it's relatively stereotypical depiction of African American culture. Though, for white man's perception of poor African American culture in the 1930's, it likely could have been a lot worse.
