Chapter 6: Difference and the Musical
“In other words, men — white, heterosexual men — are the yardstick against which everything else is measured.”
“Adelaide’s Lament” - Guys and Dolls
“How Lovely to be a Woman” - Bye Bye Birdie
“How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria” - The Sound of Music
“My White Knight” - The Music Man
“Musical Theatre has very clear ideas — embedded in this vision of men as strong and women as weak — on how women should behave and approach life. It is hard not to make the connection between this patriarchal vision of women onstage and the fact that men control the genre.” - pg. 138, Her Turn on Stage