Great Dame said: "Hype doesn't follow somethingmediocre. The movie generated hype because it was fabulous, people just got sick of all the coverage after a while. The musical is expected to somehow blow up charts while also getting rid of Frozen fatigue, which is impossible because it's still Frozen.If the musical is a bore, it wouldn't be near the top of the sales chart every week, breaking St. James records multiple times or full of audiences who lose their minds at the end each night. If the movie never existed I think the reactions to the musical would be far more positive than they are. It's critics who aren't separating the two mediums, not fans. Look at the story and the songs as if they've never happened before, which I realize is impossible, but people would be nuts forthe music now if the movie hadn't happened. I like Disney alright, but I'm not a Disney nut I swear. I just personally think this show had unattainable expectations on it that none of the others did, which is a shame because it really is a wonderful story with gorgeous music and a lot of talent."
Oh please, hype certainly follows something mediocre. There are way too many examples to name. It even got a horrible, under qualified, and mentally unhinged person to become the President of the United States. The fans were going to like Frozen on Broadway even if Elsa sat in a chair and belted out "Let it Go".
Ok, I was being harsh. Frozen is better than most things, and I do think objectively, the music is on par with Mean Girls. Maybe if it wasn't a preexisting movie, then it may have been better received since the songs would be new and we would not have heard "Let it Go" before. But there's no way of knowing if people would have taken to it, or if "Let it Go" would have been dismissed as one of those "Defying Gravity" rehashes that happened in a string of shows after Wicked came out.
Updated On: 6/9/18 at 09:48 PM
