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Posted by andy
on 11/3/2009, 9:03 am, in reply to "Male principal boys"
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Men played principle boy even in Victorian times. It's seems pointless bemoaning these changes. The whole reason panto is still here is that it changes to reflect the times. Why shouldn't mums have a bit of eye candy as well as the dads. It also makes the love story element much stronger.
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: I am interested to see other people's views on
: the growing trend of men playing the
: principal boy part in a number of
: professional panto's. I think its such a
: shame that the tradition of the leggy
: principal girl is dying out.
: Is there any particular reason to this?
: I understand that panto as we knew it years
: ago is changing and I'm all for growth,
: change and modernisation but surely one
: fundamental part of panto is the traditional
: princiapl boy played by a leggy lass in fish
: nets! Why does it have to change?
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