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Com Pés e Cabeça: Interrupção e interpretação nas séries musicais de Dennis Potter
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Esta dissertação visa analisar um aspecto das três séries de televisão do escritor e
argumentista inglês Dennis Potter conhecidas como ‘serials with songs’: Pennies from Heaven
(1978); The Singing Detective (1986); e Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). A característica
principal que une estas séries de televisão é a interrupção ocasional da narrativa dando lugar a
um número musical. Em cada um destes números as personagens começam a dançar e a fazer
lip sync de canções populares da época em que a narrativa tem lugar.
Num primeiro momento, olhar-se-á com mais atenção para o modo como a interrupção
de textos literários ficcionais se relaciona com a interpretação que se pode fazer desses mesmos
textos. Também serão abordados problemas relacionados com textos anotados e modos de ler.
Num segundo momento, será vista a relação das três séries musicais de Dennis Potter
com o género do cinema musical clássico de Hollywood, bem como as suas semelhanças e
diferenças. O argumento principal a ser defendido nesta dissertação é a de que os musicais de
Potter, tal como textos ficcionais anotados, não são da mesma natureza dos seus antecessores
(musicais clássicos de Hollywood e textos não-ficcionais anotados, respectivamente), mas que,
simultaneamente, podem partilhar semelhanças importantes.
Num terceiro e último momento, são feitas algumas reflexões sobre pontos
desenvolvidos nos primeiros dois capítulos a partir de ideias do filósofo Stanley Cavell sobre
crítica, interpretação e o quotidiano.
This dissertation aims at analysing a common feature of Dennis Potter’s three television series known as ‘serials with songs’: Pennies from Heaven (1978); The Singing Detective (1986); and Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). The main feature that brings these three shows together is the occasional interruption of the main narrative, whereby a musical number takes place. In each of these numbers, the characters break into song and dance, lip synching to pop songs of the time in which each story takes place. In the first part, I will look more closely at the way in which the interruption of fictional literary texts relates to the interpretation one can have of the same texts. Problems related to annotated texts and ways of reading will also be looked at. In the second part, I will look at the relation between Dennis Potter’s three television series and the genre of classic Hollywood musicals, as well as their differences and similarities. My main argument in this dissertation is that Potter’s musical series, much like annotated fictional texts, are not of the same kind as their predecessors (Hollywood musicals and nonfictional annotated texts, respectively), but that, at the same time, they can share important similarities. In the third, and last, part, some considerations will be made about points developed in the first two chapters grounded on some of Stanley Cavell’s ideas about criticism, interpretation, and the ordinary.
This dissertation aims at analysing a common feature of Dennis Potter’s three television series known as ‘serials with songs’: Pennies from Heaven (1978); The Singing Detective (1986); and Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). The main feature that brings these three shows together is the occasional interruption of the main narrative, whereby a musical number takes place. In each of these numbers, the characters break into song and dance, lip synching to pop songs of the time in which each story takes place. In the first part, I will look more closely at the way in which the interruption of fictional literary texts relates to the interpretation one can have of the same texts. Problems related to annotated texts and ways of reading will also be looked at. In the second part, I will look at the relation between Dennis Potter’s three television series and the genre of classic Hollywood musicals, as well as their differences and similarities. My main argument in this dissertation is that Potter’s musical series, much like annotated fictional texts, are not of the same kind as their predecessors (Hollywood musicals and nonfictional annotated texts, respectively), but that, at the same time, they can share important similarities. In the third, and last, part, some considerations will be made about points developed in the first two chapters grounded on some of Stanley Cavell’s ideas about criticism, interpretation, and the ordinary.
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Cavell, Stanley, 1926-2018 Potter, Dennis - 1935-1994. Pennies from Heaven Potter, Dennis - 1935-1994. The Singing Detective Potter, Dennis - 1935-1994. Lipstick on Your Collar Séries televisivas - Grã-Bretanha - séc.20 Televisão e literatura Emissões televisivas musicais Teoria literária Notas (Paratexto) Teses de mestrado - 2022