Love the Metaphor

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2012)

I love the musical metaphor of Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. "So you see, the composer Benjamin Britten has taken the whole Orchestra apart. Now he puts it back together again in a Fugue." So does Anderson: Sam quits the Khaki Scouts to create a life with Suzy, and Suzy puts her anger and isolation behind her to join Sam. Sam leaves the Billingsley's home and becomes a member of the Sharp "family". Sharp loses Laura but gains a foster son and fellow bachelor friend. Scout Master Ward loses his troop but gets it back again in better order and gains Becky. The Khaki Scouts exclude Sam, then undertake any risk to help him. Laura puts her family back together, and even though she and Walt are "not enough" for their kids, Sam becomes the unofficial part of the family that makes up the difference to sustain Suzy. Walt loses control and then regains his wife and daughter. It was a colorful visual fugue. Thanks to everyone involved for making something so sweet and beautiful.