This explains that Adam Driver sing that song in 'History of a marriage'
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06·12·2019This explains that Adam Driver sing that song in 'History of a marriage'
In 'History of a marriage', Adam Driver's character has a powerful scene in which 'Being Alive' sings.We explain why.
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Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson arrived on Friday everyone with a marriage, his new film for Netflix.Without a doubt, one of the most commented scenes in the next few days will be one in which Driver's character sings 'Being Alive'.
This article contains a marriage history spoilers.
In history of a marriage, Driver plays Charlie, a man who is divorcing his partner, Nicole (Johansson).In the final stretch of the film, Charlie is with some friends of her theater company talking about the separation process and the fact that Nicole has stayed with the sofa of her New York house - and despite the fact that she lives in The Angels.Driver apologizes to his friends for boring them and asking them to feel sorry for him with that story.So, a piano begins to sound and Charlie recognizes the notes immediately.It's 'Being Alive'.
The song 'Being Alive' belongs to the musicalcompany, released on Broadway in the spring of 1970.It is written and composed of the iconic Stephen Sondheim, known for complying with other acclaimed musicals comosweeney toddeinto The Woods.Company follows Robert's story, a man who has just turned 35 and lives surrounded by married friends while he is still unable to commit to a long -term relationship.
'Being Alive' ["Being alive", in Spanish] is an issue that Robert also sings in the final part of the musical.The protagonist wonders aloud what one wins by marrying and begins to sing all the traps and dangers he perceives in marriage.A point of the song arrived, Robert makes a transition and expresses instead the desire to embrace a relationship, to accept that perhaps it is possible to gain some commitment, whether pleasant or painful.
But 'Being Alive' was not going to be that song.According to the journalist Ashlee Lee in a great article for The Los Angeles Times, Sondheim had composed another song to settle Company: 'Happily Ever after'.The theme became defined as "the most bittersweet and unhappy song ever written" that also left the audiences that saw the first version of the musical.Sondheim later rewritten 'Happily Ever After' and from there was born 'Being Alive'.
What makes the use of 'Being Alive' in history of a marriage more relevant, says Lee, is that Charlie's character sings the song at a point in the film in which Driver has already signed the divorce papers.That is, that far from singing with hope towards a possible future with another person, Driver's interpretation involves a double complexity.On the one hand, melancholy and nostalgia so it did not work with Nicole.On the other, hope for what can work in the future with another known person which did not work with his ex -wife.
As Lee concludes, and it is something that is clear about the scene that closes the movie, Charlie and Nicole's characters will always be there for each other.Charlie sings in 'Being Alive': "I will always be there, as scared as you, to help us stay alive".
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