Dear Broadway elitists, and wanna-be Broadway elitists (this means you "omg Rent, Spring Awakening, and Wicked are awesome, but Legally Blonde wtf?" types
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More, because LJ does not love me.wing_of_fancyJuly 19 2008, 23:59:12 UTC
Musicals, or at least the type of muscals I consider Really Worthwhile, focus on the characters and their interactions and their reasons for acting as they do. Spiderman and Shrek don't seem angsty enough, I guess. Spiderman tries but doesn't quite make it because the realtionships are underdeveloped and the characters aren't particularly likeable. Shrek is too much about a joke to hold you over to the next one. Unless you want to play up the Shrek/Fiona dynamic, which would make it much less like the movies. Unfortunately, history does not show much fixing of source material. It shows a lot of failed attempts and a few hits that, by chance, it seems, lent themselves to the medium.
Shrek seems like a new Young Frankenstien. Spiderman, though I don't know it too well, seems like it's trying to be like Lion King but is missing a lot of elements.
Re: More, because LJ does not love me.sandyra_kayJuly 25 2008, 10:03:13 UTC
Sorry I took so long to respond, I'm ADD and this is long. Anyways, it wasn't really directed at you-I was actually reading the Legally Blonde thread on BWW.com and someone-several people, actually-were talking about it, liking it, whatever, and when someone mentioned Spiderman there were several posts in a row to the effect of; "Spiderman? Wtf is Broadway coming to
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Re: More, because LJ does not love me.sandyra_kayJuly 25 2008, 10:09:43 UTC
As for Phantom, it's an extremely romantic story. Erik's character just demands a score, and he won't take no for an answer.
It is romantic. But it's also creepy and stalkerish. When reading the book, that was what stood out to me more than anything. Yes, you can see the elements of romance, but I don't find myself rooting for him at any point in the books. I feel pity for him, but the musical makes me almost ship E/c. Leroux never did that.
For proof of my wannabe Broadway-elitist status...I don't even know what musical no 2 is in reference to. Wizard of Oz. lol
JH isn't a novella. It's a short. Novellas are a little longer. [/lit nerd] Oh... then wikipedia lied to me. Omg, how will I ever continue on!!
You can't tell me Old Possum's book wasn't just begging to be set to music. All of those poems feel like lyrics to flashy, dancy songs. And oh yeah, doesn't Cats have some really phenomenal dancing in it? Oh, and it doesn't take itself too seriously either.I've never read all of the book, but I guess. Not sure what the dancing
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Shrek seems like a new Young Frankenstien. Spiderman, though I don't know it too well, seems like it's trying to be like Lion King but is missing a lot of elements.
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It is romantic. But it's also creepy and stalkerish. When reading the book, that was what stood out to me more than anything. Yes, you can see the elements of romance, but I don't find myself rooting for him at any point in the books. I feel pity for him, but the musical makes me almost ship E/c. Leroux never did that.
For proof of my wannabe Broadway-elitist status...I don't even know what musical no 2 is in reference to.
Wizard of Oz. lol
JH isn't a novella. It's a short. Novellas are a little longer. [/lit nerd]
Oh... then wikipedia lied to me. Omg, how will I ever continue on!!
You can't tell me Old Possum's book wasn't just begging to be set to music. All of those poems feel like lyrics to flashy, dancy songs. And oh yeah, doesn't Cats have some really phenomenal dancing in it? Oh, and it doesn't take itself too seriously either.I've never read all of the book, but I guess. Not sure what the dancing ( ... )
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