I'm listening at the moment to the original cast recording of 'Kiss Me, Kate', which prompted the following question:
Anyone have any particular thoughts as to the witty, risque elements of a master like Porter compared with Steinman?
I'm thinking of lines like:
If she fight like a raging boar,
I have oft stuck a pig before...
– I’ve Come to Wive it Wealthily in Padua
And lovely Lisa,
Where are you, Lisa?
You gave a new meaning to
the leaning tower of Pisa.
– Where Is the Life That Late I Led?
Porter is, of course, legendary for his sly, subtle wit amongst his other gifts, and while his style is soigne rather than gothic there seems to me a point or two of comparison here. Any thoughts?
Al
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