Shaiman named "Gay Hero" and featured in new book dishing the Oscars

[Craig]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 3:11pm

From: http://advocate.com/html/stories/933/933_oscar_book.asp

Another gay hero is composer Marc Shaiman, who in addition to writing nominated songs and scores has collaborated with frequent Oscar host Billy Crystal on his show-opening medleys of song parodies. The medleys, usually a highlight of the program, provide “a chance to do an entertaining musical number” with a “cushion of irony,” Shaiman told Pond. Not everyone, though, wants to be a part of the number. For instance, the copyright holders to Fiddler on the Roof and The Music Man didn’t care to have songs from those shows recast with lyrics referring to the assassination at the center of JFK. Shaiman and Crystal encountered no obstacle, however, to turning Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” into “Matt and Ben” for the 1998 show, tweaking Damon and Affleck with lyrics such as “Your script was tight…so are your buns.”

Shaiman has provided some other memorable Oscar moments, such as appearing in a baby-blue pimp outfit for the 2000 ceremony, when he was nominated for cowriting “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. His collaborators on the song, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, wore gowns based on fashions made famous by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow. Shaiman said he didn’t have time to come up with a drag outfit but that if he had, he would have worn a Cher-style feathered headdress.




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Updated On: 3/5/05 at 03:11 PM

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 3:41pm

a super hero??

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 4:08pm

Did you ever know that you are my gay super hero? I break the wind beneath your cape.

[sipos]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 5:19pm

You are my hero, Mr. Shaiman.

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 5:22pm

What about Wittman?

[sipos]

Posted: 3/5/05 at 5:27pm

I adore the creators of HAIRSPRAY's perfect score. Music and Lyrics.

I still listen to it in my car. It's like an infection.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/6/05 at 1:01am

Now there's a pull quote for the ages, "It's like an infection in my car."