Strange trend

[charliesmum]

So what is up with movies being turned into theatrical musicals lately? The latest I've heard of is The Wedding Singer, which, yeah, was sweet little movie, but I'm not sure it can translate into a play. The biggest part of the movie's charm was the cast. Pretty sure Drew Barrymore won't be reprising that role.

When did it start? Was it after Beauty and the Beast was so successful? Because it seems to be the MO of th entertainment industry: If it works once, beat the trend into the ground.

I also heard that The Producers the play is being turned into a movie, so maybe that will happen with all of them. See Footloose, the movie based on the musical that was based on the movie! Not starring Kevin Bacon.

Speaking of Kevin Bacon, I can actually link myself to him in that 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon game that was all the rage in the mid-ninties. Pretty cool, no?

The second weirdest trend is plays based on a particular muscian or rock band's music. Actually, way back in college I had this idea for a play based on David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust. I can't remember what my plot was, but it starred me as the Mary Sue Love interest. My opening scene would be a bunch of kids talking to each other about hearing the alien on the radio, singing Starman. It was a huge hit in my head.

Hurrah, almost 5. My motivation to work has been sliding waaaaay down lately. Gee. Wonder why.

Scabble online is waaaay too much fun. Am addicted now.

Would it be a complete Bridget Jones rip-off to write a story in diary form, but have it be an online blog? Or has that been done already?

Comments

[dindin.livejournal.com]

Okay, I just don't get that. The Producers already is a movie. I mean, I'd heard it, I just don't get it. And I certainly won't go see it. Way to kill another piece of my soul.

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

I bet I can link myself closer to Kevin Bacon than you. ;)

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

I bet I can link myself closer to Kevin Bacon than you

I'm guessing that means you've met the man!

Mine is - When I was 15 I sang on Sunday nights with a group of teenagers and kids at a resturant full of senior citizens, and one of the people I sang with was Calista Flockhart, who was in some movie in 1997 with Kevin Bacon. :)

[katje0711.livejournal.com]

Too cool! Actually, I have not met him, but I've been in the same room as him. The Bacon Brothers performed at a party I attended during the Democratic convention last summer. They even sang Footloose!

[lizzyrose89.livejournal.com]

Would it be a complete Bridget Jones rip-off to write a story in diary form, but have it be an online blog? Or has that been done already?

It has been done before, however I don't think this should put you off. Do you mean as in start a new blog for your story and post real-time entries, or write a story normally but in blog format? I'm prolly overthinking things. Anyway. People have been writing in diary form since the year dot, so I'd go for it.

P.S. I am not just saying this so I can read your story. Really. I'm not! It's only part of the reason. So there.

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

So what is up with movies being turned into theatrical musicals lately? The latest I've heard of is The Wedding Singer,

They're not!!! That's insane!

I'm 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon if secretaties count. I got in an argument with Lily Tomlin's secretaty (Lily wanted us to open the art gallery early just for her), and LT was in a movie with Dolly Parton who was in a movie with Julia Roberts who was in a movie with Kevin Bacon.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

That's a cool LIly Tomlin story in itself! Full of oneself, much?

Loving the Blackadder picture!

If you want to see my Kevin Bacon, see my reply to katje0711

[crossbow1.livejournal.com]

Would it be a complete Bridget Jones rip-off to write a story in diary form, but have it be an online blog? Or has that been done already?

It was already done a lot before Bridget Jones. Besides, if people disregarded story ideas just because they'd been done before, nothing would ever get written!

[swordmage.livejournal.com]

As said before, The Producers was a movie long ago.

It's actually a riot-with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder (and his "little blue blankey").

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

I think the movies-into-musicals trend is much, much better than the pop-songs-into-musicals. At least with the movies, they're taking a good story and adding (hopefully good) music and lyrics. With the pop songs, they're taking songs that might not be that great to begin with and adding a weak book (that's a stretch to link the pre-written songs to the story).

I like Abba, but I have no interest in seeing Mama Mia. And that's the best of the bunch! (Good Vibrations was critically panned -- and had no audience.)

Movies into musicals can be great. The problem with that, though is the increasing over-reliance on movies for musical material. There's a fear of the unknown and a lack of creativity. ... That said, almost every musical ever written is based on some pre-existing source (books, movies, history, etc.) -- even ones you don't think are based on anything. (Try me. Name a musical you think is "original" and I'll tell you whether it is.)

Hairspray is expected to join The Producers in the movie-into-musical-into-movie genre.

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

...The Producers is already a movie. What makes them think that they can replace Zero Mostel?

*sniffle*

I love that movie.

And Gig Young! No one will be LSD like him.

"What's your name, son?"

*pause* *headsmack* "Oh man! What's my...name?" *fistbite* "Oh, oh. Lorenzo!" *look of relief* "Lorenzo sand du Boise, baby. But everybody just call me LSD."

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

OK, just because you mentioned the Kevin Bacon game...

My Bacon number is 2. I was in a movie with Wallace Shawn, who was in a movie with Kevin Bacon. (I was an extra in "Radio Days.")

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

So I'm connected to you within 6 degrees. I sang with Calista Flockhart when we were teenagers in the 80's and she was in a movie with Kevin Bacon, who was in a movie with Wallace Shawn, who was in a movie with you! :)