With a brief digression into Beyoncé’s oeuvre, Kerry-Jo, Martin and Sam discuss some of the oddities in the writing of Pay Me, and what story Waits is trying to tell. We consider stories of theatrical life, where to find the end of the world, and specificities in the writing of Stephen Sondheim.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Pay Me, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)
Jack Langrishe arrives in Deadwood, clip from Deadwood s3e3, w. Regina Corrado & Ted Mann, dir. Gregg Feinberg (2006)
Send In The Clowns, Good Bad but Beautiful, Shirley Bassey / Stephen Sondheim (1975)
Send In The Clowns, The Broadway Album, Barbara Streisand / Stephen Sondheim (1985)
Send In The Clowns, A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording), Glynis John / Stephen Sondheim (1973)
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