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Rupert 04:43 pm UTC 10/05/10 |
| In reply to: | re: Is ALW Committing A Crime? - Tremorlor 09:48 am UTC 10/04/10 |
| If this is anything to go by, my mum is a ALW fan and in her 70's. She said that Love Never Dies lacked some sparkle and soul. She is a musical fan and actually thinks WDTW is her favourite ALW musical but she is a bit religious. If my mum doesn't feel anything for it it will be a failure as she has an amazing knack of knowing what will last or not, even rejecting TIME with Cliff when it came out and you know what she thinks of Cliff. > 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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