Friday, April 25, 2008
Waters's Raunchy Teens Sing for Love in `Cry-Baby'
Bloomberg.com: Muse Arts: "Lightning doesn't strike twice. ``Cry-Baby,'' the Broadway musical adapted from John Waters's movie, does not repeat the success of his ``Hairspray.'' Some of the creators are different, the material is different and the hero and heroine are disastrously different."
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It's funny to read a review of this play, as only a couple of weeks ago I was commenting on a profile of the lyricists and saying that I hoped it turned out well for them- apparently not as well as one might have hoped. It's good that the people who worked on the show tried to break new musical ground, but too bad that it didn't work out quite as intended.
i just don't understand how a play so similar to something that has been on broadway and toured nationally so recently could be made. didn't the creators see the similarities? nobody likes a repeat, especially a bad one.
I think the key to this is what they said about "high rather than low camp". Trying to clean up a John Water's movie is futile, if he put the dirt in there I think its there for a reason.
Also, part of what works in the movie is the fact that Cry Baby's friends are repulsive, but on Broadway that just isn't allowed.
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