| re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It | |
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steven_stuart 02:24 pm UTC 04/23/13 |
| In reply to: | re: DOTV Broadway Actually Had A Lot Going For It - rockfenris2005 01:38 pm UTC 04/23/13 |
| Sorry. Not speech. Dialogue. If you isolate that wonderful Jim line from the rest of the dialogue spoken by that character. They should have asked Jim to write a Hook style speech. What did you think of the levitating coffin number? I haven't seen the clip for ages but I seem to remember that I thought it was quite funny in a bizarre kind of way. > > > No, when he said "God has left the building!" it sounded > > > awesome, but then he went and ruined it with the Mario > > > voice on the next line. > > > > Oh. Okay. Fair enough. If you isolate the first line from > > the rest of the speech. > > But there was no speech. "God has left the building" was a > dance sequence/instrumental like "The Jellicle Ball" from > "Cats" and then Michael Crawford would come out at the end > in the levitating coffin and say "God has left the > building!" which had a really awesome feel to it. You > could have thought you were getting more of what he gave > us in "Phantom" but then came the Mario voice, "Issa > meee!!!" > > > > I haven't seen the flashing coffin scene for a while. I'll > > try to watch it again later on today. > > > > What a shame that he went from sounding awesome to > > sounding like Mario so quickly. I wonder if the script or > > the director were at all to blame. Or maybe it's just that > > he was trying to find a character that didn't sound like > > Frank Spencer, PT Barnum or the Phantom. > > They ruined the script. It just didn't go with the music > any more. It was like combining "The Producers" with > "Phantom". It has to be one or the other. The comedy in > the original version worked so much better. Also, there > was more physical comedy, as opposed to dumb jokes. > > > > Will we ever know for sure? Michael Crawford doesn't seem > > to talk about DOTV in interviews. I saw a documentary > > about his career and DOTV wasn't even mentioned. But they > > went into great detail about his role in The Wizard Of Oz. > > Did they mention "The Woman in White"? Crawford got very > sick in that show because of the fat suit that he had to > wear as part of the costume for Count Fosco. Crawford > intriguingly enough, also considering that it was his > first show after "Dance", speaks and sings with an Italian > accent because Fosco is Italian. > | |
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