Spritual Sequels to Musicals

The horrid film CAN HEIRONYMOUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS is definitely a spiritual successor to STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF.

Who can ever forget Milton Berle as Good Time Eddie Filth from Can ....? Film is never shown anywhere at anytime. . Cannot think of any other bad film musical to compare it with

Mr Roxy said: "Who can ever forget Milton Berle as Good Time Eddie Filth from Can ....? Film is never shown anywhere at anytime. . Cannot think of any other bad film musical to compare it with









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What was that a spiritual sequel to?

I am completely baffled... Can?

That actually points to my problem with Evita, which is that it feels like a retread of JCS in a lot of ways; and, since they needed a narrator/antagonist like Judas, they stuck in Che, even though he has nothing to do with the story. It could have been anyone, really, but they picked Che because he's the most famous Argentinean, I guess. It could have worked if they had brought the story back around to him somehow, but they didn't, even though, in the beginning, it seems like it's going to be about him as much as JCS is about Judas.

Mr. Nowack said: "Can... Heironymous Merkin etc.



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Doh. Thanks for clarifying

I don't know if I'm really following the brief, here, but Rags was the sequel to Fiddler on the Roof.

It's not exactly in the category of spiritual sequels, but I've often thought of Yentl as an attempt to remake Fiddler On the Roof as a feminist musical. I just wish other characters besides Yentl got to sing.

Also, I think Jekyll & Hyde was an attempt to piggyback on The Phantom of the Opera. The problem was in not figuring out what makes Phantom so compelling, namely that the musical gave him more depth than the Leroux horror novel. If Hyde had some good points (such as falling in love with the prostitute) and Jekyll had more bad points (e.g., being a total wimp) I think J&H might have been a better show.

Updated On: 5/8/16 at 11:31 AM