Wednesday, September 26, 2007
MTV Premiere of Legally Blonde — The Musical Moved to October
Playbill News: "The program will feature the broadcast of the entire musical as well as a behind-the scenes look at the musical, which currently plays the Palace Theatre. The musical will subsequently air several times on the cable network."
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So i guess you could say i have been a fairly big supporter of filming / airing the show on MTV since i heard about the idea weeks ago.
And then i read in this article that they filmed it with a bunch of seemingly handpicked pink clad 15-25 year olds. Now it all of the sudden sounds a lot less like a merging of art mediums, but a infestation of TRL in a broadway theater. By airing the show like this, they are creating an totally exagerrated image of what going to see the show is like. But thats mtv for ya...
I just see a problem with how the quality of the show is going to be when seeing it on TV. The lighting for theatre vs television is just so different. I am interested for the behind the scenes portion.
I seem to remember there were some conflicts though with the cast doing extra shows and not getting paid. Not sure how that is happening but that is what I heard.
This Broadway MTV marriage is really odd. It is hard to argue the art of a piece when you’re broadcasting it on MTV. Not that legally blonde had much of a case to be art in the first place. This is an interesting next step in the movie musical fad that seemed to be over. Skip the film production and just record the musical straight of the stage. I wonder who is going to make more money off of this MTV or Legally Blonde? I’m surprised that the producers of Legally Blonde are willing to broadcast the entire show repeatedly. If this filming is of any quality it will probably drive off some viewers from going to see the show. If you have already seen a good film of a show why pay to see it? I know what the counter point to this argument is that people want to see the show in the theater and have the experience of a live show. I contest that the audience that MTV will be broadcasting to does not really understand the importance or the difference of live performance.
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