#101
Posted: 12/30/03 at 12:06pm
No problem Phantom2.
**pulls out card to play Go Fish**
Mr Shaiman and Mr Wittman both manage to capture perfectly the feel of 1960s pop music and the John Waters-ian sense of humor in their score for Hairspray. I think that if someone had attempted to score the show in another style, it simple would NOT fly.
I am still a bit miffed at the comments about the song "Cooties". What does one expect. I think that the song is perfect asis. It is NOT a book number in the slightest.. it is an actual song that a stucky up, bratty, dim as can be blonde-bitch-in-training 16 year old sings in a competition.. therefor, it works.
Besides, scores do not have to be arias and light opera ala Les Miserables in order to be good. Hairspray does not drag. The songs move the plot, they fit perfectly in style with the book, they are catchy and memorable... the show has a WONDERFUL score.
**pulls out card to play Go Fish**
Mr Shaiman and Mr Wittman both manage to capture perfectly the feel of 1960s pop music and the John Waters-ian sense of humor in their score for Hairspray. I think that if someone had attempted to score the show in another style, it simple would NOT fly.
I am still a bit miffed at the comments about the song "Cooties". What does one expect. I think that the song is perfect asis. It is NOT a book number in the slightest.. it is an actual song that a stucky up, bratty, dim as can be blonde-bitch-in-training 16 year old sings in a competition.. therefor, it works.
Besides, scores do not have to be arias and light opera ala Les Miserables in order to be good. Hairspray does not drag. The songs move the plot, they fit perfectly in style with the book, they are catchy and memorable... the show has a WONDERFUL score.
