Comic Relief

[Forester]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 5:43am

Comic relief, are they necessary for a serious musical? Or can you get away without having one?

[rockfenris2005]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:10am

I think every show has to have comic relief - no matter what it is. Unless, of course, if it's Holocaust the Musical (which actually exists according to beyondtheatre.com)

Updated On: 3/27/05 at 06:10 AM

[mattvcrewse]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 4:51pm

Every successful show has to have a sense a humor to break up the monotony. Even gloom and doom pop operas, such as POTO and Les Mis have comedy briefly in them. The Phantom's notes, the long bass note in "Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh", "Master of the House", etc. Jekyll and Hyde could have definitely used some humor somewhere. The spots where humor was was terribly misplaced. A joke in the middle of the transformation!? The apex of the first act? Thanks for taking us right out of the moment guys! You need some humor, but you have to be careful with it.

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 3/27/05 at 6:31pm

I don't think you need comic relief but it's subliminally there in all shows almost. Rent could do away with anything semi-comedic and still convey great messages and entertain everyone..La Cage could do away with the man-servant as the 'comic relief' and still have an air to it of funny because of the cagelles..I dont think it's necessary, but unless it's a non fictional portrayal, it's almost always there anyway.