Ring of Fire

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 5:57pm

Why didnt it work?

[kooky]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 6:43pm

I need to ask, " Did you actually see it ? " If you did you probably wouldn't ask!
It was the most unmemorable show I have ever seen.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 6:45pm

No I didn't. But isn't there a tour going out?

[kooky]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 6:47pm

Yes there is a tour - - - save your $ $ $ $

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 6:49pm

Trust me when I say, when this comes to the south. It's going to be sold out.

[kooky]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 6:50pm

Well that is great - - - - it didn't do too well on Broadway!

[Kate2]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 7:39pm

I cannot believe it will tour. No wait, I know why. They spent about a million dollars on a giant (and ridiculous) LCD screen, and used it instead of scenery. They also used pop star puppets instead of talent, but I digress. When producers are insane enough to pump millions into something that bad, they are also insane enough to pump even more money into a tour, to try to get back money. Illiogical, I know.

Why didn't it work? It was the country bear jamboree. It was corny (a lyric sample: Look at them beans! Look at that corn). Expressions were cheesy, and there was no story. The man in black would have hated it. Would have been ashamed and insulted. They were almost making fun of his music. And the staging was the most literal I have ever seen. They literally acted out "Boy named Sue." It was the Lawrence Welk show without the bubbles.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 7:55pm

You can't blame the show for lyrics - you'd have to blame Cash and his songwriters (if any).

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 7:57pm

word.

[Kate2]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:46pm

Agreed, but someone had to choose THAT song out of many others that Cash wrote that didn't suck. And I'm sure that song was much better in his hands.

[thenewmoon]

Posted: 6/13/07 at 8:51pm

I dunno, my (non-country-music-fan) grandparents saw it during its Buffalo tryout and still go on about how fantastic it was. Maybe it was a critical flop and didn't appeal to the usual Broadway young/gay/student/avant-garde/fill-in-the-blank demographic, but, well, old folks seemed to like it. And old folks buy tickets. A Depends-clad butt can still fill a seat (laff). So a tour certainly seems a logical move to me.