Chapter 14: Gone with the Wind
Broadway Avenue is a long street running north and south through Manhattan Island in New York City, USA, with dozens of theaters on both sides of the street, the theaters on Broadway 44th Street to 53rd Street are called Inner Broadway, and the theaters on Broadway 41st and 56th Streets are called Off-Broadway.
The difference between inside and outside is that Inner Broadway is a classic, popular, and commercial repertoire, while Outer Broadway is an experimental, not yet famous, low-cost repertoire, and even now there is a "Foreign Broadway", which is more avant-garde and experimental.
Of course, 1912 had not yet reached the heyday of Broadway (1920 was), so there was only Broadway. The Viskef Theater, on the other hand, is located in a slightly more remote location.
Monet was invited by Mike to enjoy the rehearsal of "Titanic" today, in fact, normally the preparation time for an opera should not be so short, it usually takes months or even years, but maybe Mike is to rub off the popularity of "Titanic", so he only prepared for a month and planned to launch it, of course, his excuse is that Monet wrote it very much like a script, so it is very difficult to adapt.
At the theater, Mike introduced Monet to the main cast and crew: "Mr. Monet, this is Allen, the actor of Leonardo; This is Kate's actor Jenny ......"
That's right, in order to avoid causing trouble to Jack and Ruth, Monet changed the names of the main characters in the novel, and replaced them with actors' names very wickedly, but what he didn't expect was that after decades in this time and space, Xiao Lizi got the opportunity for this role because of his name......
In addition, for the casting of this opera, Monet feels that it is quite in line with the original work, Allen who plays Xiao Li is very handsome, and the girl who plays Kate is also a bit fleshy......
Just when Monet's mind was full of cranky thoughts, Mike continued: "This is the screenwriter Grote! ā
"Monsieur Monet, I like your novels very much!" Grote greeted excitedly.
"Thank you for your appreciation, and thank you for bringing this immature work of mine to the stage!" Monet thanked him.
"Mr. Monet, you are so kind, but can I ask you something?" Grote asked.
"You say!" Monet stretched out his hand and gestured.
"Your recent Brooklyn Weekly publication of "Temple Treasures" is wonderful, but you are so sure that there is indeed a treasure in the Padwanaba Swami Temple in Kerala, India? Have you ever visited the site? Grote asked curiously.
In fact, this question has been asked by many people recently, and many people have questioned and even ridiculed him, so Monet regretted writing it a little, but at this time he could only insist on it: "Although I have not been to this temple, I can guarantee that there must be treasures inside, as long as you dig according to the method I wrote, you will definitely find it!" ā
"Then why don't you dig up this treasure? Is it really because of the fear of the local kings and mad believers? Jenny on the side interjected.
Seeing that Monet's expression was a little embarrassed, Mike helped to relieve the siege and said: "Okay, okay, don't talk about these irrelevant things, the most important task today is the rehearsal of "Titanic", you should hurry up and prepare!" ā
After several of the actors left, Mike apologized to Monet: "I'm sorry, Mr. Monet, these young people are too curious! ā
"It's okay, it's normal for young people to be like this, and in fact, there are a lot of people who ask me this recently, and in comparison, they are polite!" Monet replied with a wry smile.
Then the rehearsal officially began, although this was Monet's first time watching an opera, but to be honest, he really watched it, because the actors were very exciting, and the props were also very careful......
After the performance, Mike asked Monet with some trepidation, "Mr. Monet, how do you feel?" ā
Monet applauded again and again: "Very exciting, this is definitely the most wonderful opera I have ever seen, I believe that once this play is launched, it will definitely be very popular!" (Monet is telling the truth, because he has only seen such an opera, so it is naturally the most wonderful...... ļ¼
"Thank you for the compliment!" Mike thanked him.
After coming out of the theater, Monet originally planned to go to the New York Post to talk to Russell's editor-in-chief about "National Treasure 2", because his signing to "Brooksweek" made Russell a little dissatisfied with him, so it is difficult to say whether "National Treasure 2" can be published successfully this time.
But just as Monet was about to step into the carriage, he suddenly saw a little girl crying silently in a corner at the entrance of the theater opposite, so he walked over and asked gently, "Little sister, what's wrong with you?" ā
"IāI can't find Daddy!" The little girl replied crying.
"Don't worry, uncle asked you, where did you and your father get separated?" Monet asked softly.
The little girl pointed to the door and replied, "Right here, when my father and I came out after watching Romeo and Juliet, we didn't know what was going on and we got separated!" ā
Monet looked at the little girl's clothes and found that she was dressed very well, and she followed her father to the theater, which means that the conditions at home should be good, so she should really be separated, not deliberately abandoned, so he comforted: "In this way, you follow your uncle and let's wait for your father at the gate, I believe that your father will definitely come to you!" ā
After bringing the little girl to the door, Monet, in order to ease her anxiety, asked her, "Little sister, what is your name?" ā
"My name is Margaret, Margaret Mitchell." The little girl replied softly.
Although the little girl's voice was very soft, it was like thunder to Monet's ears, and in order to confirm his conjecture, he hurriedly asked, "How old are you this year?" ā
"I'm twelve!"
"Is your home in Atlanta?" Monet asked.
"Uncle, how do you know?" Margaret asked curiously.
Monet said to himself, how could I not know? I've watched your "Gone with the Wind" many times, but even though I watched Vivien Leigh's movie version......
PS: There are two shifts a day this week, it's still 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., everyone can rest assured to collect and vote!