Misguided revival

Regarding “Daredevil Moves” [Sept. 19], theater critic Charles McNulty’s review of “Oklahoma!”: I may be an out-of-touch senior, but I found the deconstructed “Oklahoma!” not electrifying — in the good sense — but shocking, destructive and an affront to the intention of the creators of the musical in 1943.

As we left the theater, we heard a gray-haired lady telling her teen companion that she’d get the movie to show her what the real “Oklahoma!” was about. Perhaps this dark, emotionless rendering is symbolic of our time.

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