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Scaramouche 04:18 pm UTC 09/06/07 |
| In reply to: | Jim's Blog - Smeghead 12:46 am UTC 09/06/07 |
| Hey Smeg As per my message a few weeks ago, how about posting some of your ideas (staging, script etc). I think most of us would enjoy the read. Did you ever devise a songlist? In regards to 'Bat', there is always a danger when doing a 'jukebox' musical, that some/most of the songs are gonna be 'shoehorned' in, but Jim seems to be making a huge effort to get this show right, and for the songs to sit great?? Has he written anything 'new' since his health issues? Who knows. I guess all the Batman stuff was written betweeen 1998 & 2002? 'Body...' maybe in that time frame as well. He did blog about working on Renegade Angel again, and I like to think he is back playing the piano. I hope Bat works out for Jim. I fear that Jim isn't able > to write anything new since the stroke so my guess is it > will all be recycled music. Be nice if that was wrong, > but that's the feeling I get. This being the case my > guess is that Jim will be forcing songs into the show that > were written for other projects like his Life is a > Lemon/Pigs thing. Or Still the Children. Maybe it will > work. I know this isn't going to be Neverland of the > 70's. That show as it was written was wonderful and spoke > to me, but was not commercially viable. I think it could > be re-written to be commercially viable, but I think > instead it will be gutted and lose it's soul. I hope I'm > wrong. The whole Acrobats/Motorcycles thing to me speaks > of Chandeliers falling and Cars flying more than anything > of meaning. Again, I hope I'm wrong. I would have loved > to have a chance to adapt and stage Neverland. I think it > means more to me than anything Jim has done and I've > reworked and staged it in many ways in my head a thousand > times... so perhaps I'm too close. > > As for Family guy. It was hilarious in the begining, and > funny right after it was brought back from cancellation, > but then it became a piece of crap. Simpsons stopped > being funny about 8 years ago. South Park is the only one > of the shows that Jim mentioned that is consistently > hillarious and meaningfully satiric. But then it is > basically Trey Parker's Brainchild every episode from > writing to directing to performing to composing. The man > is a genius in my book. I really don't want you to blow > me though Jim... but if you want to send Elaine Caswell my > way... even my wife would understand that one... she > thinks Elaine is hot too... > > As for Politics... too early to care... no one good on > either side... as Paul Williams said "I hope that > something better comes along..." I've become so morose > about everything in the political realm I don't bother > with it any more. Maybe in another year... | |
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