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I was watching "Batman" last night and I couldn't help but notice how "Phantom" it all seemed in the church-tower ("Phantom" AND "The King And I") So, I thought... Would Michael Crawford have made a better Joker in "Batman: The Musical"? Let's face it. After 9/11 "Dance Of The Vampires" should have been axed from Broadway. It would have spared a lot of misery. Polanski would never be able to do it and it should have been done in the West End first. I really think it would have found its feet there, in the original version. Example, here is Jack Nicholson romancing and dancing with Vicki Vale in Gotham City Cathedral:  (Image working?) Now here is Michael Crawford romancing and dancing with Christine (in an eerie reminder of The Joker) in the video for "The Music Of The Night"  Watch the video for "The Music Of The Night". It's on "The Phantom Of The Opera" DVD as a bonus. He seems SO JOKER in that video w/ Nicholson in the Cathedral as some kind of warped tribute to the video and the production (professional critics have noticed this too). Crawford wanted a role that was different from The Phantom. Everything Crawford does is larger-than-life. The Joker is excessive, psychologically fascinating and completely over the top. It's a comic role with depth and irony because the Joker is a cold-blooded killer planting death-smiles on the faces of his victims. I think "Vampires" should have been scrapped from Broadway, moving ahead with "Batman" with Burton directing and Crawford as The Joker. At least if he re-wrote his part it wouldn't be so obvious | |