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| re: Should Crawford have played The Joker instead? | |
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wordnix 01:22 pm UTC 12/04/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Should Crawford have played The Joker instead? - Dr_Rock 01:17 pm UTC 12/04/08 |
| Seconded, but that's not what Ryan was asking. He was asking what you would think of Crawford, playing it straight, as the Joker. I think it COULD work, but it would take a lot of reining in. Another thing I thought of was that if Crawford wanted a comic role from Tanz, why didn't he take Abronsius? The absent-minded professor! The comic centerpiece of the show! Even has a funny accent in most productions! And a song with a showboat high note! Just because Jim wanted him to do "Confession of the Vampire" for the celeb concept album that never came to be... > Not unless the character of the Joker is written as a fat > rooster look-alike with a comedy Italian accent who runs > around waving a cock-shaped sponge. > He's already ruined one of Jim's works. Don't let him > anywhere near another one! > > > > > > The producers would open "Tanz" in the West End with a > > full proper English translation, leaving "Batman" to > > become Jim's first full Broadway production. I think this > > could have been an interesting choice. In the music video > > for "The Music Of The Night", Michael Crawford's > > performance as The Phantom reminds me a little of The > > Joker. Watch that and the Gotham City Cathedral scene in > > "Batman" 1989 where Joker and Vicki are dancing. | |
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