DRS or TFM

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:09pm

today, i listened to both yazbeck scores. i feel that they are both amazingly strong and that yazbeck is the brightest composer of the musical comedy genre. i also think he should replace whoever is currently contracted to write the first wives club. i think he would be brilliant on that project.

anyway, vote which you think is better/stronger/funner!

i vote drs.

[MissElphie]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:21pm

My vote goes for DRS.

[Mamie]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:26pm

DRS. Absolutely. (I may be the only human on planet earth who really didn't care for TFM)

Updated On: 12/17/05 at 11:26 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:27pm

TFM without a doubt.

There's just more...substance.

IMO one of the greatest musicals...it's in my top 10

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:46pm

DRS most definitely.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/17/05 at 11:59pm

Oh, ap, re YazbEK doing first wives club -

The thing that is so great about Yazbek is that he writes for guys. Both shows are led by a male cast, with the occasional woman...(Jeanette and Vicki in TFM and Muriel and Christine in DRS).

It'd be a shame for him to start writing for girls

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:04am

you know, that's what i thought of... but i'd love to see him do it... otherwise i think jeanine tesori could try to tackle it.

[inishmore]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:10am

I love both. But I think the Full Monty was such a strong piece. And I went in very critical because the movie is near and dear to my heart. He truly worked wonders with that show and I think it's brilliance.

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:11am

DRS

The Full Monty just wasn't as witty and diverse as DRS.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:14am

TFM is tons wittier than DRS...

TONS.

"It ain't heavy...he's my friend" (from THE HOLLIES)

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:22am

One man's wit is another man's wince.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:24am

Wance?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:27am

romince.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:33am

Ahhhh....

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:35am

See what I mean? Clever lyrics ^^

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 12:36am

I didn't say I didn't like DRS - au contraire, Molière!

But I think TFM has a perfect balance of wit and charm.

[musicman117]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:17am

The Full Monty.

I think im one of the only people who really didn't like DRS

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:20am

The Fully Monty.

I liked DRS as a comedy, but it doesn't have the heart and sheer wit that MONTY had.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:21am

Wow, coincedentally I just saw TFM today(only saw it once when it was on broadway, I was younger and not quite as into/obsessed w/ bway as I am now so I'm glad I got to experience it again).

I mean in my opinion it's DRS no doubt, but I don't know if I can say much more than that, DRS is one of my fav shows, I have the cast recording and have seen it many times and while there is/was a lot of TFM I appreciated...I don't think there's much I would say that would live up to DRS in my head the way I am w/ it. I certainly think both pieces are strong and funny and BSo you're dead on about Yazbek writing for male characters, and not Curly-types ppl we're think we're in love characters, which is a rarity on Broadway these days.

Also I think Yazbek's score is more vital to DRS than it is to the Full Monty, there's not that much left in DRS when the songs are taken out, but TFM I think there were many aspects told appropriately not through song.

Not to say I didn't really like the songs, gotta say I loved the friends song they sang to Malcolm. Also noticed there were sweeter songs here than in DRS--in DRS, Love Sneaks In is a standout song as the more touching noncomedic, where in Monty there were really touching moments between Dave and Harold and wives told in song, which isn't to say one is better than the other, just something I thought of as I watched Monty today.

Eh, I can see either opinion being justified. I really like Yazbek's bway scores and I really can't wait for the next one.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:23am

Plus, the music in THE FULL MONTY is just all around better.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:26am

so on that note what do we think his next score will be?

i think he would be a great choice for shrek too. and that would have him writing for men... shrek, farquad, donkey...

actually, norbert as shrek, lithgow as farquad (reprising) and jbara as donkey and scott as fiona and we have a full drs reunion!

alright, jbara as donkey wouldn't work, but a boy can dream..

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:37am

I wish he'd do something original, but I doubt it.

Could you imagine Pulp Fiction, the Musical?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:40am

wow, i couldn't really deal with that. i know, i wonder how he would do with something original... but he definitely is comfortable with the transfer shows, and has managed to do two really REALLY well...

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:43am

I am scared about Shrek. There's no doubt the music will be splendid...but the lyrics. He write very obscene and crude lyrice...and they've been getting worse (and by worse, I mean funnier and more crude). He'd have to revert back to a time before TFM to get away with Shrek - cause you know it will be marketed to children and parents of all ages...

[apdarcey]

Posted: 12/18/05 at 1:43am

has anyone ever thought about a mrs. doubtfire musical?