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#51

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 5:30pm

i saw an operetta called "La Vie Parisienne" last summer, and i was so confused...it didn't help that the director had no idea what she was going for and that everyone was overacting to the point that i thought i was going to be sick... its the only show i have ever wanted to walk out on but, alas, i was there with my parents and that wasnt going to happen...

"Contentment it seems merely happens, It appears Accompanied by no bravos and no tears" "The world is good you said Enjoy it's highs you said The summer flies you said So make a parade Of every moment Now throw away your hate And focus on what's great instead" ~William Finn

#52

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 5:35pm

Jumpers. Could not figure it out. It was like DA DA ART.

#53

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 5:44pm

Why am I not surprised by this?

#54

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:07pm

Dr Selavy's Magic Theater

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#55

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:19pm

Anyone Can Whistle. I was 11 and I saw 11 year olds doing the show and i just didn't get it.

#56

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:24pm

While I enjoyed Jumpers, for the life of me I just couldn't figure out what the heck was going on.

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

#57

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:33pm

Sunday in the Park With George. I'm sorry!

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#58

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:33pm

Thanks Mom. I felt the same way. It was very dada manifesto.

#59

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 8:36pm

No problem Corine! Dave is just a few years older than me, but he said that it was an age thing. He just loved the show.

#60

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:23pm

Here's an idea for those delighting in their confusion at Jumpers. Instead of reveling in your bewilderment, why not read up a little on what the play was about? It's over 30 years old and has been written about extensively. And unlike Dada, which generally is surrealism for its own sake and which Corine is throwing around to make herself sound intelligent, Jumpers indeed has a point. A Google search or a trip to your local library can be most illuminating.

#61

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:29pm

Here was my take on it at the time:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=159274#159355

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#62

re: What was the most confusing show you've seen?

Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:32am

The UK tour of RENT was the most confusing thing I've ever seen (spoilers ahead if you haven't seen it). I had heard none of the score before except Seasons of Love which I dismissed (out of its context) as disposable pop. It started with lots of loud rock music, which is fine by me, but no-one can hear any of the lyrics except a shout of "RENT!" every so often. I had read beforehand that some of the characters were gay and some had AIDS, but had trouble working out exactly which were which. And then some crazy lady tried to get us to all moo. What is an AZT break? What is Alphabet City? What are all these riots about? I can remember everyone in the circle flicking through their programmes in the interval trying to work out what was going on (it also didn't help that our leading man was replaced at this point).

Having sorted it all out in my head, the second act starts with the 'let's sing to audience' bit which was unexpected, but not too confusing. After some more Unintelligible singing, someone dies (although the staging went a bit abstract at this point, so no-one really knew who). Everyone's sad, then someone else dies. And then they come back to life (quite a bit of stifled laughter from the audience here). The End.

I ought to stress that this was a tour, and most of the problems were with the production, but even so, it's not always clear what's going on from listening to the CD

I liked the music though . . . :)

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