South Park... The Movie... The Musical

[jagfkb]

Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:34pm

Honestly, if the unintelligent Mel Brooks humor could be put on Broadway, why not an intelligent cartoon movie? Honestly, the score is so ready to transfer to Broadway, it almost seemed that it WAS written for a musical. Also, it really has some interesting messages, about censorship and meaningless wars. The only problem I see is how to convey the children. They could do what they did in Spelling Bee, but I think it would go well with the message of the show to use actual teenagers (13 year old, not 1. Also, could you imagine the casting? How about John Tartaglia and Barret Foa as Terence and Phillip, Cheyenne Jackson as Satan, Edward Hibbert as Big Gay Al, and... Patti LuPone as Shiela! Also, so many of the jokes could be fitted for today. When they refer to the year 3000, it almost cals out for a Jonas Brother joke. Or, at the end, when Cartman starts swearing to electricute Saddam, replace him saying Barbra Streissand with Patti LuPone (Alot of Patti, no?).

Thoughts?

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:43pm

Yeah, I'm a big South Park fan, but it would never work.
And please don't ever compare Matt Stone and Trey Parker to Mel Brooks.
They have said they love musicals...and aren't they working on something with the writers of Avenue Q?
I feel much of the humor lies in the style of animation, and would not work on a stage.
No, definitely wouldn't work.
Your casting is hilarious though, but who the hell would play the kids?
And they would not replace Babs with Patti. The anti-barbara jokes are there for a reason, have you ever seen the mecha-streisand episode?

[amoni]

Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:56pm

"Honestly, the score is so ready to transfer to Broadway, it almost seemed that it WAS written for a musical."

Exactly what part of the movie gave you impression it wasn't a musical to begin with?

[jagfkb]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 6:59am

^^I see your point, but lets remember the Academy Awards, where robin williams sang Blame Canada with a chorus made of the rockettes, and in the end, in my opinion, it looked better than the animated sequence for that song.

^What I meant was that score almost seemed that it was written for a professional Broadway musical (Tommorrow Night? Five part harmony?).

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 7:23am

It was always seen as a movie musical. Not many see it as otherwise!

[Cutielyricist]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 10:11am

I always thought that it would be great material for an actors fund one night only benefit. I could see all sorts of stars up in it. I vote Mary Testa as Kyle's Mom. Jesse Tyler Fergusen as Kyle, Dan Fogler as Cartman, Shuler Hensly as Satan,

anyone else?

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 2:04pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 02:04 PM

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:46pm

Lonny Price as Gerald Broflovski? Debra Monk as Sheila?

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:48pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 03:48 PM

[Weez]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 3:50pm

People like to not see it as a movie musical, because that would mean *gasp!* they liked a musical (oh noes!). But an excellent parody always excels at what it is lampooning, and so it is with 'South Park: The Movie'.

I don't think much of the composer though; you'll never hear any of HIS works on the Great White Way!

[emo_geek]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 5:54pm

Marc Shaiman?

[Weez]

Posted: 7/4/08 at 5:55pm

Yup. What a hack!