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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 22:09:39 GMT
Got around to seeing this tonight - I'm still processing my thoughts. Overall though it's a very confused show. Generally strong performances, some excellent wordplay and good music, but the overall structure didn't sit well for me. Is it trying to be historical or not? There's some genuine history in there but mixed up with lines about writing Shakespeare and forming bands that didn't exist. We're going to end up with a lot of people who are both more aware of who the six wives were but also totally confused as to what happened. Presenting the six wives as contemporary of each other (at least in terms of death ages) also leads to a confusion. If it's trying to be historically accurate (which I've seen in interviews that they say it is) there are some major problems. There was a big issue for us in what seemed to be a throwaway bit of "one upping" based on how many miscarriages they've each had. How tone deaf can you be? Speaking of tone deaf - sound mix was chaotic, and I was very close to the desk so in theory in a prime spot. What is the musical trying to do? Show that you can change your story or show that you're stuck in where history places you? It seemed to ebb close to saying "we're better than what history makes us out to be" but then drifted away in a couple of minutes. Also - I'm guessing there was no budget to get a new curtain after the move from the Ambassadors? Everything just looked slightly off of scale - I'm assuming it was picked up and walked down Shaftesbury Avenue without any alterations. All of that said, anything is better than Thriller Live so I'm more positive than the last time I left the Lyric! Most of it is historically accurate, but in the last 5-10 minutes of the show, the wives rewrite their stories and give themselves the endings they wanted, so Anne ends up 'writing lyrics for Shakesy P' and Jane forms the Royalling Stones. I doubt anyone will leave confused. It's to make the story end on their own terms, rather than as just Divorced, Beheaded and Died/Survived. |
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 22:04:34 GMT
Leaves me giggling like a teenager, every single time.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:48:25 GMT
How does listening to a song from ‘Come From Away’, which I’ve never had a desire to see, make me well up? Go and see it. Such an inspiring story and an uplifting show 😁 |
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:46:07 GMT
I don’t understand what the policy is for mask wearing ? So many posts I’m seeing show people sat there not wearing them. I don’t understand how this is allowed? They seem to have lanyards on so presumably are exempt. |
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:23:46 GMT
The comments in the Live Chat are equal parts hilarious and tragic. I had no idea there were so many stupid, ungrateful people out there! I just can’t believe the amount of people who seemed to be under the impression that we would be getting proshots of all the musicals advertised for the concert. Where did they get that from?? Utter morons. They're outraged that there's nothing from Cats. They apparently missed the part about it being all the shows that were running when lockdown struck. They're also moaning about the length of the interval. You know, in the middle of the concert that they're getting FOR FREE. Honestly. Muppets. |
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:14:32 GMT
The comments in the Live Chat are equal parts hilarious and tragic. I had no idea there were so many stupid, ungrateful people out there!
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 19:04:30 GMT
Give Mazz Murray all the awards. Sublime.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 6, 2021 17:52:27 GMT
As long as a little cockney kid says the immortal line 'what's that got to do with my knob?', they can take my money now.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 18:05:15 GMT
I assume their ageing skills are less to do with moisturiser and more to do with a surgeon's knife! Four of the six, at least (not that there's anything wrong in that).
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 18:01:03 GMT
Goodenough isn't that strange a name, I've worked with two!
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 14:39:50 GMT
Do we really need another thread of picking holes in things we don't like? Sorry, just seems like the world is negative enough right now without creating more for no constructive reason.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 14:22:12 GMT
Darren Day confirmed as Billy Flynn for the upcoming tour.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 3, 2021 13:59:39 GMT
Danny's wife Carley is also very very pregnant, plus they're renovating their house, so I suspect he didn't want anything extra on his plate at the moment 😀
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 2, 2021 22:05:00 GMT
Some dreadful and pointless parts but the good far outweighed the bad, for nostalgia alone it was brilliant. Some of the cast clearly wanted to be there more than others but it was a great tribute to arguably the best sitcom of its time.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 1, 2021 19:38:41 GMT
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Post by robertb213 on May 30, 2021 15:33:30 GMT
He does look good for 50 but that's irrelevant if he's supposed to be 36! I'll stick with it but at the moment it just feels like he's overacting, nothing in his line delivery feels natural at all. Sounding like someone doesn't mean you can portray them convincingly. It's not meant to be natural. He's playing a very mannered, affected man. I've watched some interviews with Halston and I see what you mean, but I still think Ewan overdid did it, it felt quite cringeworthy at times. Less so in the later episodes, maybe I'd just gotten used to it by then. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 30, 2021 15:14:18 GMT
I'm really not sure it explains how she becomes someone willing to kill animals for fashion. Yes she's vamping it up by the end, but there's still a missing link to get to murder! It's like it needed one final push into psychosis that didn't happen. I'm surprised you actually thought that was going to happen in this film. I'm pretty sure it didn't happen in the 101 Dalmations remake either.
Also, this wasn't that story. There's plenty of time for that in the bound to happen sequel. But they'll never make her an animal killer in any film.
anthony40 Thanks for the tip about the mid credits scene. I went back to watch it and it does perfectly set up the next film, though i'm pretty sure even that won't be the 101 story.
Fun story - I went to the wrap party for the Glen Close 101 Dalmatians film. It was held on the backlot of Shepperton Studios where it was filmed, and they had about 3 massive marquee's and each one was made in a dalmatian spot print. The amount spent on that 1 party was millions. It was also the first night i got drunk in front of my older sister!
I don't know what version of the 1996 film you watched, but she paid a guy to skin a tiger for her, offered to buy all the dalmation puppies so she could have them killed and skinned, and by end was trying to stab the puppies herself in the barn with a cattle prod. She's an unhinged ruthless villain, we already know what she's capable of and we love her anyway. 'Cruella' as a film was supposed to show us how she became that person. It doesn't. Of course I don't expect to ever see her kill an animal on screen, that's not what I'm saying, but as an origin story, 'Cruella' should show us how she ends up going to those lengths, or at least hint at it. I'm glad you all liked it! I just don't see the point of an origin story that doesn't bring you to the point where the character you know begins. It shouldn't need another 2 hour sequel to finally get there. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 20:54:49 GMT
Skinny jeans! All men need to stop wearing them, they look awful on literally everyone.
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 15:18:20 GMT
Hmmm. I'm in 2 minds about this one.
Yes it looks great, stunning costumes, and Stone and Thompson are fabulous. It also has one of the best movie soundtracks I've heard in ages.
But it got off to a very slow start, took ages to properly get going, and I'm really not sure it explains how she becomes someone willing to kill animals for fashion. Yes she's vamping it up by the end, but there's still a missing link to get to murder! It's like it needed one final push into psychosis that didn't happen.
Worth a watch but I'm not sure it achieved what it set out to do.
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Post by robertb213 on May 29, 2021 8:39:26 GMT
I've downloaded it and it's my plan for later today, also featuring pyjamas, cups of tea and Lidl's version of Oreos. The joys of being alone! 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on May 28, 2021 9:28:00 GMT
Just having a look at tickets for this, what makes the seats at the back of the stalls restricted view? They're really not restricted at all, I've sat there a few times. It only suffers if the performers use the very top level of the stage which I've only seen once and wouldn't happen for a concert like this anyway. Generally they're a bargain. And it always takes FOREVER for the Stalls to empty so at least with those seats you can get out quicker! 😀 |
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Post by robertb213 on May 28, 2021 9:25:07 GMT
Is it a benefit for ‘Help the Aged’? bloody hell, you're criticising it before its even started!!?? Some support for the arts you are.... Wow. I think you'll find danb does more than his fair share of supporting the arts based on his board posts. Making a joke about casting 30-year-olds to play teenagers is hardly damning the production to fail. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 28, 2021 9:13:40 GMT
Is it a benefit for ‘Help the Aged’? Apparently so! They'll all be great but it's getting a bit much. Why are people moaning about Ben Platt being 'too old' to play Evan on film but on stage it's apparently fine! Crazy world. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 27, 2021 17:49:52 GMT
I can understand £50 for the West End, but for the provincials fifty quid is a hell of an ask for a touring show. London is generally pricing at £100 now, so regionals will undoubtedly increase to keep up with it. Not a surprise really, the last Les Mis and Wicked tours were c£60 at ATG venues. |
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Post by robertb213 on May 26, 2021 13:58:04 GMT
First jab done. All of the staff could not have done a better job. Such a credit to the NHS.
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