The Word of the Day is "Spidenfreude."

[reiyad_primus]

I don't know how many of you have been keeping up with theatre news lately, but the buzz over the Spiderman musical (yes, you heard me right) has been branching out into most other news circles too as of late. Directed by Julie Taymor (of Frida, Titus, The Tempest, and Broadway's The Lion King fame), the musical has turned out to be one of the

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[nessachan]

I'm a huge Julie Taymor fan and I hate to see people saying horrible things about her ;__; That being said, this show seems like it could be one of her rare.. I don't wanna say failure but, it seems ill-conceived, even though I have never seen anything by her that I didn't like... and I have seen some of her WEIRD stuff... I've been to see an exhibit of her many works a few times and really, she is so cool. :<

But, can I possibly like anything that Glenn Beck likes, lol.. ;_; Oh, I guess so, I totally love breathing, I'm sure he does too! =)

ERrghhg..ghh.. having seen the previous most-expensive-show ever (Spamalot) multiple times, spectacle can go a long way and be totally and embarrassingly entertaining, or it can be all wrong (Hmm... Titanic?) and just be spectacle for spectacle's sake. I'm hoping that Spider-man is entertaining and not just spectacle but I'm not convinced. Doesn't matter since I can't see this show EVER touring in it's full presentation, waaaaay to much liability... or at least never coming anywhere near me, so I will probably never see it. But I do hope it's not a total flop... nobody wants to see a show with so much riding on it fail, espc. not in this tenuous entertainment-job climate.

[reiyad_primus]

I try my best not to say anything bad about her personally. I'm a very big fan of her work, and am still looking very much forward to seeing The Tempest. what was her work at the exhibit like?

Hnnnng, I'll grudgingly admit the points he makes about the skill of the actors (especially during the twisted wire part) is true. That takes skill. But otherwise, yeah xDD

There's waaaay too much spectacle in the show for me to think it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. Even if they did it incredibly well (which it sounds like they did in parts, but not in others), it takes away from the audience's suspension of disbelief.