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rockfenris2005 01:18 am UTC 12/05/08 |
| In reply to: | re: Should Crawford have played The Joker instead? - Ali 01:14 am UTC 12/05/08 |
If they had a truly powerful actor as Count Von Krolock, you would have a situation like Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner in the original production of "The King And I". Remember that was her star vehicle with Rodgers and Hammerstein then Brynner upstaged her in every way. > Crawford was brilliant as the Phantom, but he came to it > as a relative unknown, with none of the ego that goes with > being a big Broadway and West End star. If he'd approached > "Dance..." with the same attitute he had when he did > Phantom I doubt that he'd have made the mess of it that he > did. Also, to be fair, nobody messes with Andrew Lloyd > Webber whereas, and this isn't going to be popular, Jim > does seem to get screwed over by the people around him > rather a lot! > > > I agree that Crawford would probably do a good job as > Abronsius if he just left it as it was, but my > understanding of the "Dance" problem was that the real > issue was with him sticking his oar into things that > weren't actually his job... The vampire and the professor > need to achieve some kind of balance between them between > humour and comedy. That wasn't achieved in Dance because > Crawford tried to make the vampire comic. I think he'd > have screwed up that balance almost as badly playing the > professor, by making Abronsius too dominant. > > > > > Abronsius is very close to a starring role! Crawford's > > name above the title with whoever plays the Phantom, > > playing up the theater vs. rock angle in commercials > > (which would work because the Professor's music is mainly > > Gilbert & Sullivan while Krolock is mostly symphonic > > rock), and giving him the comic role he wants to > > dissociate from "Phantom" add up to a good opportunity. > > > > As for assuming that Crawford will torpedo everything he's > > in, he's got a huge ego, but he didn't kill "Phantom". He > > killed "Vampires" because he insisted on making a role > > what it wasn't. Give him a role that's basically what he > > wants, and where's the complaint? > > > > > > 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! > > > > > > Absolutely not! He'd have tried to steal the show and make > > > it all about him. Abronsius is the comic centerpiece, yes, > > > but he still plays second fiddle to the vampire. Somehow I > > > don't think that Crawford would've settled for that... | |
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