| re: Meat Loaf As Tinkerbell | |
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steven_stuart 08:56 pm UTC 03/29/09 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat Loaf As Tinkerbell - Scaramouche 06:11 pm UTC 03/26/09 |
| I wasn't thinking of Meat being in the show now. I was thinking that Jim had a really cool idea when he thought of casting Meat as Tink back in the 70's. A large, grotesque, Shrek-like Tink, instead of the cute but jealous fairy of the Disney version. > I don't think he will be in the show, as he won't be able > to cope with the schedule required, nor is there a role > for him? > > However, I think he will almost definately be involved in > promo, if the producers have their way. > > Jim may not like it, but if Meat is willing, I think the > producers will want to use him as much as possible. Partly > 'cos he's good at promo, and partly 'cos Jim shies away > from promo. > > I can even see Meat turning up occasionally (maybe even > opening night)to sing Bat Out of Hell at the curtain > call? > > > > > The following is an extract from an article about BOOH: > > > > "The songs on the Bat Out Of Hell album were written by > > Steinman for his musical Neverland, a futuristic rock > > version of Peter Pan, in which Meat Loaf would play the > > part of Tinkerbell (when asked, he did not deny it, other > > than to say the character would be called Tink). > > > > For some, the real stars of this brilliantly over-the-top > > extravaganza were the songs, the work of Jim Steinman's > > highly disturbed but extremely imaginative mind." > > > > I would never have thought that Meat could play Tink. To > > me, Hook is the natural role for Mr. Loaf. But now that I > > have read this article, I think that Jim casting Meat as > > Tink is a stroke of genius. The complete opposite of the > > Disney Tinkerbell. > > > > I was also glad to read the part about the songs being the > > real stars of BOOH. If this is true, and I hope it is, > > there is a real possibility that there can be a successful > > BOOH without Meat Loaf. | |
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