Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Is Dolly Levi a communist?
godlessondheimite
Understudy Joined: 7/30/15
#1Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 6:57am
I think it's pretty clear that she is. She wants to seize Mr. Vandergelder's wealth and distribute it amongst the masses. She also prevents the capitalistic entrepreneurship of Cornelius opening his own store but she ensures he gets a higher source of income from Mr. Vandergelder.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 7:17am
Blink.
Blink.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
pupscotch
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/16
#3Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 7:20am
I can't see any reason why this is relevant or important.
#4Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 10:21am
So wanting to give to others and have someone paid fairly for their work makes you a communist?
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
kaykordeath
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
astromiami
Understudy Joined: 7/12/12
#6Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 12:51pm
Mildred Plotka said: "So wanting to give to others and have someone paid fairly for their work makes you a communist? "
In today's United States, it does seem that way.
#8Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 1:50pm
Well, her dress ain't red for nothing.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#9Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 2:13pm
I think you have not yet quite mastered the definitions of "communism" and "capitalism."
Dolly is a textbook capitalist - she doesn't want to redistribute capital, she wants to invest it to "encourage little things to grow." As she tells us at the very beginning of the show, she arranges things "for the pleasure and the profit they derive."
Growth and profit are the cornerstones of capitalism.
But then, Americans have never been particularly savvy on economic theory...
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#10Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 2:19pm
Honestly, nobody is particularly savvy on economic anything.
Updated On: 5/13/17 at 02:19 PM
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#11Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 2:36pm
It takes a Commie, according to Feds,
to brainwash Abe Burrows and Lucy to Reds
#12Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 3:41pm
DOLLY, THE RED MENACE?
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#13Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 4:46pm
She clearly is. It's disgusting, really. All of you should be offended and should boycott the show. If you've already purchased a ticket, give it to me and I'll make sure it's, uh, disposed of properly.
yfs
Featured Actor Joined: 11/1/13
#14Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 11:21pm
Dolly may have been a communist but David Merrick was not. And not Scott Rudin, neither.
Thornton Wilder, I don't know...
mlledir
Understudy Joined: 10/20/16
#15Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/13/17 at 11:27pm
kaykordeath said: "Communism is just a red herring."
Thank you for this.
...**FLAMES** on the side of my face...
#19Is Dolly Levi a communist?
Posted: 5/15/17 at 1:54am
What difference would it make whether she is or not? I highly doubt that the OP understands the very nuanced implications of the term.
