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steven_stuart 06:23 pm UTC 12/29/09 |
| In reply to: | Meat Loaf's 'other half' - Scaramouche 03:50 pm UTC 12/29/09 |
| > Funny how (lots of) people will always think of Meat & Jim > as a 'double-act', which I think the musical producers > should bear in mind when it comes to promo? I think that the Meat Loaf Factor is one of the most difficult things the producers are facing. Especially when you consider that the musical is called "Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical". Of course people are going to think of Meat when they see it advertised. Of course a lot of people who buy tickets are going to be Meat fans. The show is "Jim Steinman's" but, as you say, people see them as a double-act. "Jim Steinman's" means that Jim is the creator (and it really is his vision - music, lyrics, story, book, speeches, detailed set descriptions, etc.) but there will be an inevitable Meat Loaf association with anything called "Bat Out Of Hell". I think the producers problem is: do they include him in the publicity or do they try to keep him completely out of the picture. Which would be better for the show at the end of the day? Maybe some posters have an opinion about this dilema. If they include him in publicity, they might sell a lot of tickets. They could do a casting show on telly (for bikers, stunt people, Peter and Hook) and make Meat one of the judges. But on the other hand, the show is a vision that Jim has nurtured since he was hanging out with Barry at Amherst (long before he met Meat). Jim may decide that Meat's inclusion in the publicity will somehow take away from the fact that this is "Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell". Its a very difficult problem. Perhaps they should at least invite Meat to opening night. | |
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