Talk:Carousel (musical)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Film version 3 Infobox 4 New Revisions 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Carousel 1945 Bdwy.jpg

[edit] Synopsis

The "plot synopsis" included as the main part of this article looks to me as though it was lifted from the liner notes of a cast recording, which I believe would be copyright infringement. I don't know which recording, however. It would certainly be easy enough to rewrite.

I wrote it. I used the liner notes from my CD (the 1994 revival version) for reference, together with my knowledge of the musical, but the language is all mine. <Men's Wearhouse guy voice>I guarantee it.</mwgv> Naturally, anyone who wishes to may rewrite whatever they wish! It is Wikipedia, after all... But thanks for the compliment! -- Nightsky 23:45, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

At this point, I'd say the synopsis is too long. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 23:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Film version

Someone has started a new Wikipedia article for the 1956 version of "Carousel". I am going to incorporate section on the film version in this article be into the new one. That might involve removing the photo, and I don't know how to transfer photos on Wikipedia.AlbertSM 18:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I moved the image and most of the links over, but you need to check all the links under "what links here" on the left side of the article to make sure that I moved all the links that belong to the movie and TV versions rather than the musical. Thanks. -- Ssilvers 04:39, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

I don't think the film version goes in the infobox for the musical. It has its own article. What about the TV production? Shouldn't we just list major stage productions? -- Ssilvers 15:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Revisions

I have made extensive edits (editorial corrections and improvements) in this article without altering the substance, except to remove occasional ambiguity and "say what you mean" errors. I have also made two minor substantive additions.

Before this editing, the article's substance was excellent and comprehensive, but the writing would rate a C+ or B- at best in a freshman English class. The errors and infelicities included verbosity (wordy phrasing); overuse of passive voice, "stuffed sentences" ( overly long sentences with too many ideas in one sentence), and compound sentences; midsentence and midparagraph switches in tense; not-the-best choices of words; and numerous errors of grammar, syntax, style, usage, and punctuation.

In the plot synopsis, the parenthetical song titles in appropriate places in the text were too bulky--and conflicted with the streamlined form used in other Broadway musical articles. The song references read like this: (Song: "You'll Never Walk Alone," reprise of song). In these references I deleted "Song:" and, for reprises, deleted all words except "reprise," which I changed to the following form: (reprise: "You'll Never Walk Alone").

Under "History," I added a new fact, shown in bold face in the following revised sentence: "The final anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone' has assumed a life of its own as a funeral and graduation standard. The song is often sung at funerals.

Under "Themes and Issues" I added this sentence: "The later Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific returns to social themes by attacking racial prejudice."

Saul Tillich 15:10, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Carousel 1945 Bdwy.jpg

Image:Carousel 1945 Bdwy.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 20:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)