This is the opening number for Act Two ... another critical song-placement moment for Broadway purists.
This particular scene is staged at a polo match in the Hampton's, populated with snobby, snooty people, the antithesis of who Vivian is. Edward's lawyer, Philip Stuckey, makes a feature appearance here, soliciting (in song) questionable donations for a mildly fraudulent charitable fund on behalf of the Senator from Hawaii.
This is Stuckey's only song in the musical, Jerry having decided to delete a previous scene with a song titled, "Money Makes The Man" ... a fun song, arranged in a Barbershop Quartet style. The lyric humorously referenced Stuckey's greed and avarice without making him completely unlikable. Personally, I miss that song in the musical, but perhaps it'll resurface at some point in the future. |
