Sunday, April 06, 2008
'Wedding Singer' bubbles with '80s energy
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Those in search of a deep, serious show examining the darker aspects of the human condition will have to look somewhere other than the Benedum Center this week."
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Whatever, I'm not even going to begin to put my personal preferences in front of this, I'm not going to analyze it in an intuitive nature and I'm not going to try to make it something it's not; I'm just going to accept it. The thing about making the entertainment industry your leading source of vitality and income is that you can't help but to put your own preferences into everything it produces. My father is a podiatrist, he hates most plastic engineered screws for surgery, but he still uses them and understands their importance to patients.
I'm sure that The Wedding Singer will get an audience in Pittsburgh- a fun musical bubbling with 80s energy? Exciting!
I'm sure that it's a fun show to work on, with a huge budget and some exciting new technical developments, but I wish that occasionally what got exported Broadway would be more meaningful.
What can I say. I like these kinds of shows every now and then. Like everyone is saying yeah we see these type of muscials all the time, and more and more these days. But they work and they entertain people. I do think that these kinds of shows should stop being produced in such a high volume, but what can we do. Maybe in the years to come we will start seeing a more balanced season.
The director's comments on mullets are pretty fascinating; it's obvious she hasn't been to South Jersey or any fairly rural place lately: the mullet still lives (although it might be on the endangered species list).
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