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 barcelona
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7/27/2004 | posted: 9/18/2004 at 12:33:20 AM ET
Did any of you see Tyne Daly as Madam Rose?
I'm not asking you to compare her to Bernadette(!), but I'm just interested to
hear what she was like in the role.
|  Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 9/18/2004 at 12:33:19 PM ET
I didn't see Tyne Daly in "Gypsy", but Frank Rich did:
"Like 'Lear,' it ["Gypsy"] cannot be done without a powerhouse performance in its marathon parental role. Ms. Daly, a television actress who might seem
inappropriate to the task, follows Angela Lansbury in proving that not even Ethel Merman can own a character forever. Ms. Daly is not Merman, and she is not Ms. Lansbury. Her vocal expressiveness and attack have their limits (most
noticeably in ''Mr. Goldstone''), and warmth is pointedly not her forte. But this fiercely committed actress tears into - at times claws into - Mama Rose,
that 'pioneer woman without a frontier,' with a vengeance that exposes the
darkness at the heart of "Gypsy" as it hasn't been since Merman.
In a way, it works for "Gypsy" that Ms. Daly is not a glamorous, sexy or sympathetic star - that she could not care less if anyone likes her or not. Rose is a monster, after all, and Ms. Daly is true to the fundamental statement of the piece, which is not a pleasant one."
Excerpt from Frank Rich review of "Gypsy", New York Times, November 17, 1989
|  Chip1012
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Boston | posted: 9/18/2004 at 2:24:20 PM ET
I saw the video at Lincoln Center with Tyne. You can PM me if you have any specific questions.
"The child is so sweet and the girls are so rapturous. Isn't it lovely how artist's can capture us?~" Sunday in the Park with George
| barcelona
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7/27/2004 | posted: 9/18/2004 at 10:42:48 PM ET
Thanks Jean and Chip1012!
In that review from the New York Times I was
surprised to see "Rose is a monster, after all.."
Bernadette's Rose was no monster! I really
liked her, even though she was really pushy
and did all the things she did...was that
unique to Bernadette? She really is talented, isn't she?
| Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 9/18/2004 at 11:12:18 PM ET
I know. Isn't it interesting that Rich's description of Daly (whom I never saw) is of someone who is the polar opposite of Bernadette? Yet both interpretations worked brilliantly. It's a very rich show, obviously, that can succesfully accomodate so many different characterizations.
| Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 9/19/2004 at 9:43:04 AM ET
comparisons
|  SingOutAnnie
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Bradenton/Sarasota, FLA | posted: 9/19/2004 at 4:11:03 PM ET
Both are phenomenal actresses.
Bernadette, though, is the singer that Tyne (one of my favorites, BTW) is not.
Bernadette's Rose was monstrous in her actions, but, IMHO, Bernadette made Rose more human and real, and you empathized more with her Rose, felt her pain more. She did not seem the crazy lady Rose of the others I've seen -- Bette, Rosalind and Angela. BP's Rose was more driven by her dreams than her demons.
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