Cry-Baby logo- Page 3

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:14am

I think the poster is an inaccurate representation of the show.

But is the logo appealing in that it will sell tickets to the masses?

Yes.

After they pay for their ticket and see the show and love it, will they tell people not to spend money and see it because the poster is an inaccurate representation of what they loved about the show?

I doubt it.

And I have talked to about a dozen other people today who saw the show and the poster and none of them liked it.

Are they now going to tell people not to spend money and see the show that they loved because they don't like the poster?

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:19am

WannaBe, sometimes when I respond to your posts I feel like I am talking to a wall. Actually, you remind of a brick wall most of the time.

I said that I don't like the poster because it is an inaccurate representation of the show and it won't appeal to their target audiences, family.

Now, I did not post in this thread to argue with you although I know that you thrive on attacking other posters and arguing with them. I posted in hear to throw in my two cents. I don't go and argue with all of your "[tos] is the best thing I have ever seen and Hunter Bell is so adorable" posts. Do you have some kind of disease that requires you to argue and piss off at least two people a day?

Rentboy, they wouldn't use the La Jolla one. La Jolla usually uses a photograph for their logo and then the producers of the show will change it when it goes to Broadway.

And I still think the yellow is ugly.
Updated On: 1/30/08 at 12:19 AM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:24am

Neddy, you edited your post to include the part about the target audience of families after I had already read your initial post and started my response.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:26am

Oh.

Well, never mind then.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:30am

Oh, I totally understand, I just thought it was very simple and yet effective. It seems like everything on Broadway has to overcommercialize itself to sustain a long run, but I really don't think that works.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:33am

I also liked it. I thought it was cool and rebellious looking. But, I understand why they need actual artwork instead of a photograph.

[moulin724rouge]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:34am

ahha so much better than the original one when I saw it in San Diego!

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:34am

Yeah, I agree too. I just think, an actual photograph might stand out admist all the other "cartoony-ish" logos. But I understand, they want what's best, and they want a successful show.

[dented146]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 1:15am

I like it for the simple reason that it is just as campy as the show. I also liked the La Jolla one but it reminded me of Depp on the cover of the dvd.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 2:21am

I like it
It seems like it represents what the musical is all about and thats what a good musical artwork should do.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 7:54am

>Cry-Baby isn't a big scary intimidating guy, he is a nice and sweet one!<

Cry-Baby, the character, is seen as dangerous, an outsider, a threat to all decent citizens. The joke of the John Waters film is that to our eyes he's about as threatening as a Pat Boone record, but it reflects that certain mid '50s fear of anything outside the norm, as well as Waters' love for outcasts and deviants.

The poster for the Broadway musical, in my opinion, is brilliantly tongue-in-cheek. I don't think it makes Cry-Baby look big and scary, since the other people in the ad are looking at him with either extreme admiration or cartoon horror. The colors may not be colors that are in the show, but they instantly conjure up a a million pulp novel covers and b-movie logos. It is a great great piece of art and I think, tone-perfect for what I know about the show.

[scamp3]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 8:33am

finally a poster with some pizazz!

[jeffrey1dog]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 8:45am

Ehhh.....! I think Springsteen did it better....

[dented146]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 1:04pm

Smaxie, you're dead on and the lead in the show is exactly the person you describe.

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 1:08pm

In the words of Peter Griffin:

"Take that, 1950's society"

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 1:13pm

neddy rules.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 2:24pm

Smaxie made a perfect point. And not everyone in the poster is afraid of him. The central figure in the poster, Allison, is smiling!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 7:13pm

Regardless of color and how it is an inaccurate depiction of the show, I can't imagine any parent buying tickets for their family to go see a show that looks like...that.

If they are going to want to pack in the families they are going to need to come up with something more appealing than that. Sure it is a throw back to the 1950's but the average tourist isn't going to see that. Instead, they will see the fun looking Hairspray poster and go see that!
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[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 7:27pm

Absolutely awesome! Love the retroness. So cool. Just saw the movie for the first time last week and now I'm really excited for this show.

[Malice]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 7:47pm

Still no word yet on who is playing Hatchet-face huh? Pepper, Wanda and Hatchet-Face had the funniest scenes in the film.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 10:01pm

>I can't imagine any parent buying tickets for their family to go see a show that looks like...that.<

Core ticketbuyers are people in their 40s-60s. Those would be baby boomers and children of baby boomers. I dare say that they will know exactly what is being conjured up by that ad, since it is so reminiscent of movie posters and pulp novels of the 50s and 60s. I'm not sure what is causing you such alarm, neddy, since the image is the opposite of threatening... it's camp. And certainly, the families who have seen Hairspray, or Grease, or Legally Blonde by this point will be looking for the next big thing. I don't think this poster will scare them away if the show is indeed a hit.

Posted: 1/30/08 at 10:13pm

Ooooh, a dangerous leading man on Broadway...

This show has Stink written all over it, with the possible exception of Allie Mauzey, who is HI-larious.

Displaced frustration is an ugly thing. Updated On: 1/31/08 at 10:13 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 10:28pm

I love it!

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 10:32pm

I saw it in San Diego and loved it. I thought it was about 85% ready for Broadway and I anticipate the show will be a strong contender for Best Tony, best supporting nom for Chester Gregory, and shoo-in Tony's for set design and choreography.

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 10:41pm

people keep talking about families not being drawn in by the advertisement

...honestly is this a family show to begin with? I know it's one of Waters' tamer works (this, Hairspray, Serial Mom and that wonderful family classic Pink Flamingos) but it was still a little edgy, has it been toned down for the stage?