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Posted by andy
on 11/3/2009, 3:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Male principal boys"
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Nellie Wallace, Dora Bryan, Hylda Baker, Beryl Reid, Kathy Staff plus many others have all played Dame. It's just about taste really. As I said, panto is still here is because it embraces change and fashions.
--Previous Message--
: I certainly wasn't 'bemoaning' anything. I was
: just interested as to why the 'tradition' of
: the female principal boy was dying out. So
: when we will see a panto dame played by a
: woman? I personally don't think that panto
: is about a 'love interest 'in particular,
: that only make ups a tiny percentage of what
: is involved in a panto. Its about jokes,
: having fun, making people laugh etc....
: If it's eye candy people are after then they
: are at the wrong show!
: --Previous Message--
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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.
: --Previous Message--
: 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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