So, to start there is no tickling or mention of tickling in this clip, and it involves m/f BUT....probably 20 years ago I was talking online with a costume designer and I was trying to casually get tickling in the conversation, and asked her if she ever had to modify anything for someone who was ticklish. She said she did for an actress in the operetta "The New Moon" because there is a scene where she hurts her foot and has to have it looked at...I listened to the album, couldn't find anything about it...I found this online describing the scene:
She seems about to say something else, but she forgets that she’s holding the lock and, releasing her grip, drops it on her foot. Charles rushes in and finds her hopping on her good foot. She tells him she dropped the “key,” and it takes him a moment to understand that she means the lock. He helps her over to the bed, saying that it’s his job to take care of her, and, kneeling by the bed, tells her to give him her foot. She refuses, but he says, “Come, come, don’t you know I’m a specialist?” “Doctor?” Marianne replies warily. “No, a footman, remember?” he replies, taking her foot. He unlaces her shoe to look at her foot and jokingly says, “Kick me; you’ll love it.” Marianne replies, “I don’t want to laugh,” and he says,“Alright, cry.” “I don’t want to cry!” she replies. “Alright,” he says kindly. “Now, tell me…” “I don’t want to talk!” she insists. He nods. He looks at her foot, and we see her looking at him with tears in her eyes. “Well,” he says, “nothing broken. Toes, responsive. Ankle… perfect.” He looks up at her with a slight, mischievous smile, but his expression changes when he sees that she’s crying. “Marianne,” he says, “tears? Why are you crying?” “I don’t know,” she replies tearfully. “Well, we must find out,” he says. “I don’t want to know,” she replies. “You mean you don’t want to say?” he asks her kindly. “Don’t ask,” she sobs, pressing her finger by her eyes in an attempt to control her tears, “please!” “I won’t,” he replies gently. “Here,” he gently takes her hand and turns her, saying, “you lie down here, and you’ll feel much better.” “Yes, Charles,” she replies, lying down
now..I read this as "I don't want to laugh" being something she is telling him before or during him examining her foot...it seemed on paper like a playful scene...I spent $3 to rent the movie and this is it...doesn't seem that way at all. I also watched the stage show on youtube, or skimmed through it and it wasn't there...wonder if the one recording cut it.
She seems about to say something else, but she forgets that she’s holding the lock and, releasing her grip, drops it on her foot. Charles rushes in and finds her hopping on her good foot. She tells him she dropped the “key,” and it takes him a moment to understand that she means the lock. He helps her over to the bed, saying that it’s his job to take care of her, and, kneeling by the bed, tells her to give him her foot. She refuses, but he says, “Come, come, don’t you know I’m a specialist?” “Doctor?” Marianne replies warily. “No, a footman, remember?” he replies, taking her foot. He unlaces her shoe to look at her foot and jokingly says, “Kick me; you’ll love it.” Marianne replies, “I don’t want to laugh,” and he says,“Alright, cry.” “I don’t want to cry!” she replies. “Alright,” he says kindly. “Now, tell me…” “I don’t want to talk!” she insists. He nods. He looks at her foot, and we see her looking at him with tears in her eyes. “Well,” he says, “nothing broken. Toes, responsive. Ankle… perfect.” He looks up at her with a slight, mischievous smile, but his expression changes when he sees that she’s crying. “Marianne,” he says, “tears? Why are you crying?” “I don’t know,” she replies tearfully. “Well, we must find out,” he says. “I don’t want to know,” she replies. “You mean you don’t want to say?” he asks her kindly. “Don’t ask,” she sobs, pressing her finger by her eyes in an attempt to control her tears, “please!” “I won’t,” he replies gently. “Here,” he gently takes her hand and turns her, saying, “you lie down here, and you’ll feel much better.” “Yes, Charles,” she replies, lying down
now..I read this as "I don't want to laugh" being something she is telling him before or during him examining her foot...it seemed on paper like a playful scene...I spent $3 to rent the movie and this is it...doesn't seem that way at all. I also watched the stage show on youtube, or skimmed through it and it wasn't there...wonder if the one recording cut it.
