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Jacqueline 04:25 am UTC 02/18/07 |
| In reply to: | In defense of the article... - BMV 01:56 am UTC 02/18/07 |
| ...and after a lifetime of seeing Jim's name not mentioned when it should be - you'd think I'd have a tougher skin about... ...or maybe my reaction was a hyper-reaction because of Vienna last week...still, a "with music by Jim Steinman" line would have made the article more credible to me. It was almost as if the writer didn't know enough to include it. xxx JD > This is really a piece about how Tanz failed in the US vs. > its tremendous success in Europe. We all know that the > failure came from all the changes in the > libretto/book--which is primarily Kunze territory not Jim. > The music stayed the same with the exception of a few > additions. > > I think it might have sounded strange to mention Jim here > because of this. His music was great in both versions and > as the article states, it was the show's basic structure > which had been changed, not Jim's music. > > If they were to mention Jim, it should have been in the > context of the audience laughing at TEOTH because of the > "slapstick" nature of the farce that had been created. > This would contrast nicely with the sweeping, emotional > rendition of TEOTH in Tanz--and how there is no snickering > whatsoever. > > I enjoyed the article. I don't care anymore whether a true > English version ever comes about. The German will always > be the most special to me. I just hope for many more years > of success! (and a new cast recording would be a great > idea!). > > --BMV > | |
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