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Tremorlor 09:48 am UTC 10/04/10 |
| In reply to: | Is ALW Committing A Crime? - steven_stuart 01:41 am UTC 10/04/10 |
| Last time I checked LND isn't a failure. Yet. Of course considering it's ALW if it closes anytime earlier than after 20 years it will be considered a failure. Anyway, he tinkered with a classic movie like Sunset Blvd too, and a classic story like Phantom, or a classic book like that cat poems stuff. And yes, casting Crawford would mean desperation. > Ryan wrote something in the Science Fiction Thread that I > thought would make an interesting new thread. Is ALW > commiting a crime by tinkering with a classic movie like > "Wizard Of Oz"? Is he so desperate to come up with a > "Wicked" that he will write new songs for a score that is > already famous? Does this have anything to do with the > failure of "Love Never Dies"? Was he so deperate to cast > Michael Crawford as the Wizard that he had no choice but > to offer Crawford new songs? Ryan is actually an ALW fan. > He wouldn't say these things if something wrong was not > going on. > > BTW, Ryan, I am really glad that you have changed your > avatar from "Love Never Dies" to "Bat". > > Ryan wrote: > > > There's a similar issue at the moment with Andrew Lloyd > > Webber who wants to compose new songs for "The Wizard of > > Oz" stage production to augment the classic score by > > Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. OK, I understand that the > > two witches don't have any solos, but I think it should be > > illegal for somebody to tamper with a classic in this way. > > To me, it's a bit like drawing a moustache on the Mona > > Lisa. > > And I'm also upset that Tim Rice would go along with it. I > > really hope that I don't lose respect for him if this is > > terrible. | |
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