#26
Posted: 6/11/11 at 9:25pm
Richard Fleeshman looks yummy. 
The New (AMAZING) Trailer For GHOST: The Musical! — Page 2
#27
Posted: 7/6/11 at 6:23pm
Michael Musto of the Village Voice dedicated a post today to the stage musical GHOST. Voice readers are clearly not as impressed by the promo (or the concept) as many BWW readers.
Check it out:
La Daily Musto: Ghost the Musical, I Swear!
Check it out:
La Daily Musto: Ghost the Musical, I Swear!
#28
Posted: 7/6/11 at 6:56pm
I'm in total agreement with egghumor on this.
Formulaic and expected are the two words that first come to mind.
Forgettable "power ballads" is next. Cool, high-tech effects that can be trumped by any Cirque show. Hunky guys with generic tenor voices who usually remove their shirts. Gospelly African-American women who belt to the rafters and can be replaced by six other gospelly African-American female belters at the drop of a hat. It's cookie cutter casting at its finest.
I see no originality or innovation. I see no people (or "dead people" in this case). Just a slick cold machine in motion, trying to make a buck.
Now hit me with 'BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEE THE SHOW!" and I'll fire back with "If this is the best you have to offer in your trailer, you're an EPIC FAIL!"
But that's the expected banter on BWW.
Formulaic and expected are the two words that first come to mind.
Forgettable "power ballads" is next. Cool, high-tech effects that can be trumped by any Cirque show. Hunky guys with generic tenor voices who usually remove their shirts. Gospelly African-American women who belt to the rafters and can be replaced by six other gospelly African-American female belters at the drop of a hat. It's cookie cutter casting at its finest.
I see no originality or innovation. I see no people (or "dead people" in this case). Just a slick cold machine in motion, trying to make a buck.
Now hit me with 'BUT YOU HAVEN'T SEE THE SHOW!" and I'll fire back with "If this is the best you have to offer in your trailer, you're an EPIC FAIL!"
But that's the expected banter on BWW.
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#29
Posted: 7/6/11 at 8:05pm
Well i will fire back with 'you have not seen the show' and could not disagree more about the music, visulas etc. The show is incredible and the word of mouth during London previews is brilliant. I guess it's each to their own though
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#30
Posted: 7/6/11 at 8:48pm
egghumor and best 12, I'm with you guys. The show looks horrible and sounds worse.
#31
Posted: 7/6/11 at 9:54pm
The reason the "but-you-haven't-seen-the-show" argument doesn't work in this (and many other) situation(s), is the fact that my reaction is based solely on the PROMOTIONAL video created by the producers -- no different than previews we see at the cinema or on DVDs. It's trying to sell the show, and in this case, we're not sold, and have no interest in purchasing a ticket to see more.
I was taken to task for having a similar reaction to promotional performance videos (developed and released by the show's creators and producers) of PRISCILLA and HOW TO SUCCEED... Based on those videos as well, I would not purchase a ticket.
Might we a bit different if saw the entire show? Perhaps, but I'm not going to buy a ticket (at today's prices) to find out that my suspicions about the show were true. Once I purchase a ticket, the producers don't give a hoot if I like their show or not.
I was taken to task for having a similar reaction to promotional performance videos (developed and released by the show's creators and producers) of PRISCILLA and HOW TO SUCCEED... Based on those videos as well, I would not purchase a ticket.
Might we a bit different if saw the entire show? Perhaps, but I'm not going to buy a ticket (at today's prices) to find out that my suspicions about the show were true. Once I purchase a ticket, the producers don't give a hoot if I like their show or not.
#32
Posted: 7/7/11 at 12:23am
Musto's post as some fair points, but I don't get what seems to be the main point of his post--that the very idea of Ghost the Musical is beyond ridiculous. I don't even really like the movie, but it doesn't strike me as any more ridiculous than half a dozen other musicals.
I do appreciate that the show looks ambitious--particularly considering that the West End got away with awful movie adaptations like Dirty Dancing. A lot more thought obviously went in this. I find the actual design, which so many seem to love so much, looks--on the online videos--just odd, and kinda confusing. I admit, if I were going to London I'd go see it, though that's partly more due to so little there I have any interest in seeing.
I do appreciate that the show looks ambitious--particularly considering that the West End got away with awful movie adaptations like Dirty Dancing. A lot more thought obviously went in this. I find the actual design, which so many seem to love so much, looks--on the online videos--just odd, and kinda confusing. I admit, if I were going to London I'd go see it, though that's partly more due to so little there I have any interest in seeing.
#33
Posted: 7/7/11 at 12:40am
It's certainly a very good trailer, as trailers go...whoever made it did a fine job. The actual show on the other hand doesn't see so amazing...it seems that the composers (and they're not the only ones) don't really know what genre they're in. Pop? The single release seems to support my conclusion that it's not really written as musical theater, just a string of so-so songs with no real connection.
Based on two and a half minutes, granted.
Based on two and a half minutes, granted.
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#34
Posted: 7/7/11 at 12:46am
HE'S FLAT!!!!!
I can't hear anymore of him singing until he raises his pitch.
besides that... I'm obsessed!
I can't hear anymore of him singing until he raises his pitch.
besides that... I'm obsessed!
#35
Posted: 7/7/11 at 12:59am
Oh, and I don't like those screens either. I prefer real sets...
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#36
Posted: 7/7/11 at 1:00am
Jay Lerner I think that's true--having now heard about four songs, I think they are ok--two of them I find quite catchy, and I do respect Dave Stewart for his pop work, particularly with the Eurythmics (I'm much less keen on Glen Ballard, but I suppose at some point I'll forgive him for inflicting Alanis Morisette on us) but the lyrics are all beyond generic, stuff that would work fine on top 40 radio but doesn't strike me as theatrical. I mean say what you will about the scores, but both Jake Shears with Tales of the City, and further back Pet Shop Boys with Closer to Heaven--among other pop composers, knew how to at least make lyrics that did things most of us fans take for granted--like expand character nad advance the plot...
#37
Posted: 7/7/11 at 1:52am
It's a nice trailer and the show looks beautiful but I look forward to knowing how the book works.
The music seems to me very ordinary. When you hear the very beautiful tune of Unchained Melody at the end, it makes the original songs seem less.
The music seems to me very ordinary. When you hear the very beautiful tune of Unchained Melody at the end, it makes the original songs seem less.
#38
Posted: 7/7/11 at 9:53am
Seeing this in 2 weeks. Yay!
#39
Posted: 7/7/11 at 10:14am
I hope there's a song called "You in Danger, Gurl!"
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#40
Posted: 7/7/11 at 5:55pm
Namo that made me giggle.
That line of course is still in the show
That line of course is still in the show
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