Musical wisdom from Michal Kunze

[bwinter]

A lot of scriptwriters should follow this ♥

In my translation:

Seven deadly sins of writers of musicals

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[bwinter]

*nodnodnod* His pace can be a tiny bit off sometimes, but man, can he write good :D

[bwinter]

I think it's particularly important with musicals because they connect directly to emotions, and because too many writers think a tune you can whistle is enough ~_~

Kunze's emploi is taking outside source material (du Maurier's Rebecca, for example, or the lives of various historical figures) and making it into a musical you can't forget, finding themes in it that you'd never suspect.

[amanuensis1]

Ah ha ha. (I like dark musicals. My tongue-in-cheek rule is that there have to be at least two deaths and one onstage rape. Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story all make the cut.)

[bwinter]

*snickers* Out of what I've seen this year, only two don't qualify (and one of those is Me and My Girl...)

[amanuensis1]

Really! List me some more that fit, please!

[bwinter]

Tanz der Vampire, obviously. Elisabeth depends on the feistiness of Letzte Tanz, but the one I saw was pretty feisty :) Legend had a magical/metaphorical rape, but made up for it, I think, with onscreen birth that culminated with the new mother exploding in flames over her Issues. And the kabuki play I saw had a double whammy of a girl first drowning, then falling prey to the sea lord's desires...

[valancystar]

Thanks for the link! I follow him semi-regularly, but it's good to be reminded to take a look, because he's got awesome stuff. *worships him*

[bwinter]

He's got an RSS feed ;) They're useful things.