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rockfenris2005 05:15 pm UTC 06/02/11 |
| In reply to: | DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL -- THE UNOFFICIAL MEMORIAL TO BATMAN: THE MUSICAL - steven_stuart 11:30 pm UTC 06/01/11 |
> Its cool that Jef With One F posted a link to Ryan's > Batman website. Its a website that any Jim fan should > check out (almost 50,000 people have visited it). > > Ryan has put a great deal of work into it. It looks > wonderful and more importantly the content makes it worthy > of Ryan's title, "DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL -- THE > UNOFFICIAL MEMORIAL TO BATMAN: THE MUSICAL". > > Perhaps my favourite section is the "essay" section. I > won't publish it here because I think that everybody > should see the fantastic way that Ryan has set the essay > out in between pictures of Jim, Batman, The Joker and The > Phantom Of The Opera. > > Ryan's essay is intellectually stimulating and the layout > is very impressive. I urge everyone to take a look. > > Unfortunately the link provided on the comic books that > would make better musicals website by Jef With One F takes > you to the demo page (which is great - a treasure trove > for Jim fans). > > I say unfortunate because there is no link to the rest of > the website if you go to that page first. I may be wrong > but I think you have to go to the home page first (please > click on link below). Thank you :-) And I'm aware of the fact that it's a bit controversial to think that Michael Crawford could have played the Joker. But I was looking at history differently. In my opinion, "Dance of the Vampires" could have been produced in the UK with Steve Barton in the lead, which would have been a straight-to-English translation, and Michael Crawford could have been cast as the Joker. I thought at that stage in his career, he could have been perceived as musical theatre's version of Jack Nicholson, Broadway and West End royalty. And once he was cast, history may have repeated, e.g. the general public might have started to take the project more seriously. Also, he wanted to play a lighter role, and the Joker was definitely lighter, but he was also dark like the Phantom. So the role of the Joker, in a sense, would be Michael Crawford playing both Frank Spencer and the Phantom. I actually believe that could have worked. And like Gertrude Lawrence in "The King and I", the unknown star who played "Batman" would end up being the Yul Brynner of the production. Personally, I would have chosen Rob Evan for the part. That would have given him his big break, I think. And Mandy Gonzalez would have been more suited for the role of the Catwoman. Tim Burton would have directed. Margoshes would have written the orchestrations. | |
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