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Me, well, I wouldn't holler if he were as handsome as anything
I spent the weekend listening to the soundtrack from Fiddler on the Roof. I keep wondering what the town thought of Motel and Tzeitel getting married.
Did Golde really believe in the dream, or did she just play along so that her daughter would be happy? I suspect that she did believe, because the girls seemed to think that her main concern was finding a wealthy husband ("For Mama, make him rich as a king") and I don't think she'd give up the butcher for a poor tailor without a sewing machine. And yet... why would she believe Tevye?
How about Lazar Wolf? Did he believe in Tevye's dream, or did he see it as an excuse to get Tzeitel out of the marriage? When he saw Tzeitel and Motel together, did he put two and two together?
And the rest of the town... having seen Tzeitel and Motel growing up together, you would think that they would notice something odd was going and suspect that there was more to it than this dream when she suddenly dumped the richest man in town for Motel.
Maybe I'm being fractious and suspicious and putting my 21st century cynicism where it doesn't belong. Most likely.
srah - Monday, 13 October 2003 - 10:27 AM
Tags: movies, musicals
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my favorite line re: Motel and Tzeitel
"They're so happy, they don't know they're miserable."
I do find it odd that the whole town, having heard of the engagement to Lazer Wolf, didn't all say "Buh... wha?" when they found she was marrying Motel instead.
Lazer Wolf believed he got a raw deal. Dream Schmeam, they had an agreement.