Fosse/Verdon
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This confounding contradiction is explored just as well in this weeksFosse/Verdonepisode, Whos Got the Pain?
Why would anyone stick with a creep like that?
Whos Got the Pain?
Just like last weeks Life Is a Cabaret, Whos Got the Pain?
is credited to screenwriter Steven Levenson and director Thomas Kail, the miniseries core creative team.
Its seven minutes of Broadway heaven.
She, meanwhile, dismissed Fosse as the one with the hats.
The rest of Whos Got the Pain?
The title sequence is a bit of both.
Thats what we do, Fosse says.
We take what hurts and we turn it into a big gag.
Levenson and Kail do the opposite.
Thats what they all do, isnt it?
Gwen says with a shrug.
Similarly, Whos Got the Pain?
Shes with her boyfriend; hes with Joan.
But she decides to go off with Bob anyway, while their partners look on in stunned disbelief.
In another narrative context in a romantic comedy, say their passion for each other might play as sweet.
But Whos Got the Pain?
makes sure we dont forget whos getting hurt.
(Scooping ice cream!
Diamonds and pearls!)
McCracken nails what Verdon brings to the collaboration, saying its like watching what he wishes he was.
As an ex-dancer, Simon at least knows how special her friends talent is, though.
