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Mollysmom
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Location: illinois
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 the lisp I have a little boy trying out for the role of winthrop. I am wondering if you can offer any help on how to teach him to lisp properly?? I don't know how much to have him do it for the audition; whether the directors prefer it more heavily done and comical, or more subtle. And I don't know how to teach him the mechanics. If anybody has help with this, please let me know. Thanks!
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ActingDude17
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I remember reading for Winthrop at the age of 7 and one thing I noticed is in the script itself all the "s" sounds are changed to "th". For example:
"Oh thister, thister, ithn't thith the motht thcrumptious thing you ever thaw? Oh thister!"
Something like that. Least to say my 7 year old self was confused (hey - I did get ensemble). Which brings me to ask, how old is the boy?
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Mollysmom
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the boy is 7! lol. I also am not sure if he is too young to be cast for the part - most productions I have seen they usually go with an older kid, around 10-11. (Which never looks quite right to me. It loses some of the cuteness of the role when a kid that old is doing it.) He reads very well, but that might throw him off too. Thanks for telling me, because now I can give him a heads up on it! I actually was telling him to just make a "th" sound for all the "s"'s. I can help him learn the song, but when it comes to the script I won't have that ahead of time so i can't help him. Anywhere online where i can get some cuttings for him to practice reading with? Thanks!
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Brigantine
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the movie is actually really close to the stage script, if you can watch it beforehand.
EDIT- oops, I meant the old movie, I can't remember if the Cheno version is or not.
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SomeoneLikeYou
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It doesn't matter, Brig...the Cheno version is not worth watching, period. lol
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shannon_waz_here
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Mistress
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It's probablt true though. I haven't seen in it; only heard snippets...but Robert Preston and Shirley Jones beat Matthew Broderick and Cheno any day of the week no matter what it is you're watching...
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EponineBarker
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I've seen both versions and the script in the Cheno one surprisingly sticks pretty close to the Preston version. I can't really think of too many changes they made in the remake.
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Brock07
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I think the biggest change (not that its really relevent) was that they got rid of "Being In Love" and added back "My White Knight."
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mantarnia
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That is probably to do with Warner Bros owning the copyright to "Being In Love".
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