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steven_stuart 01:02 am UTC 02/07/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Should Meat Loaf Be Cast As Hook? - Rupert 05:20 pm UTC 02/05/10 |
| > Smeg wrote a treatment of a Bat Musical with Neverland in > mind so unfortunately this Chinese whispers game that gets > played out on this forum could be cleared up straight away > by someone official from the show other than the non paid > Stuart. It makes me feel that someone is either not very > confident in the storyline or the poster that was released > into the press gives us a better clue. Peter Pan and the > Poster don't really tie up do they or am I missing the > Peter Pan point? There is no Chinese Whispers game. I'm sure that Ryan would back me up on that because he knows my situation better than anyone else on the board and he has been in contact with Elva (the lead producer) and is well known to her. I'm not trying to pass myself off as someone official or as someone who is paid by the show but I am very close to the production and very familiar with the various drafts of the script. It has been said that I do not speak for the production but I have been authorised by Elva to discuss the things that I do discuss on this board. There are other things that I am not allowed to talk about. The Neverland story is not one of them. When you talk about the poster, do you mean the Evening Standard Ad? You would be right that it seems to have nothing to do with Peter Pan. In fact I think it is the original cover of BOOH. Even though Jim has stated many times that he wrote the BOOH songs for "Neverland", it is difficult to find signs of "Neverland" in the album or its packaging. The Evening Standard Ad was a rush job that very few people understand. I have no idea why the Peter Pan idea was not included. It does sound, as you suggest, that the production is not very confident with the Peter Pan story. There are some who are not confident with the Neverland story but Jim and Elva are absolutely into it and that ad was designed by Jim himself. I don't quite know what an official from the show could say about that. Or why you think I am spreading Chinese Whispers because I am not paid. I do have a stake in the show and I do help out whenever I have time to do so. I have no financial need for an extra salary. The one I have from other work is quite enough. It was me who directed Frances and Elva towards Jim in the first place. They wanted to do a motor cycle show and I suggested to Elva that Jim Steinman would be the perfect person to write an original score for such a show because I had heard him describe his songs as "motor-cycle music". I urged Elva to get in contact, she did (with a little help from JD), Jim talked her into doing BOOH and including motor-cycles (instead of him writing a new show for motor-cycles) and the rest is history. I don't want to brag but you can't conclude that I am spreading Chinese Whispers about the show because I am not paid (although I will benefit if the show is a success). Jim has never discriminated against me or not listened to me because I am not paid and neither should you. Also, I am not familiar with Smeghead's script. What has it got to do with your arguement? Can you tell me more about it? BTW, your idea that I passed on (I think it was you but you were in a very different mood that day) was very well recieved but I don't think Jim can perform as you suggested. The cause is great and it would be good publicity for Jim and the show but is there any way that performers could sing the songs and that Jim could just be in the audience? | |
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