Monday, November 14, 2011
Julie Taymor Sues Spiderman Producers
indieWIRE: Last week the news came down that Julie Taymor would be the only director eligible for a Tony nomination for the Spiderman musical which is playing to robust audiences on Broadway. When asked at the Glamour Women of the Year event earlier this week about her potential nomination she said "It feels right."
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The more I see of Taymor's bitter and ungraceful separation from Spider-Man, the more I think she's just operating from a "If I can't have any, neither can anyone else!" perspective.
As this article points out, it sounds as if she's not trying to shut the show down but rather trying to cut off the producers' future incomes from licencing future productions. If she's trying to make the show lose income, that's certainly the way to do it.
Perhaps ironically (or not), Taymor herself, and not her creepy alter-ego of Arachne, seems to be becoming Spider-Man's biggest villain since the Green Goblin.
I'm not surprised that she's suing over IP, but I think its a bit unfair. The show was on a road to failure and would have done just that had she stayed on the Spiderman Team. So, to say that "It feels right" to be the sole director eligible for a Tony for Spiderman seems ridiculous. The show that is currently playing is not her show. The show she worked on was salvaged and rebuilt. While she should be compensated for the use of her material, I think that she is coming across as cold and entitled as opposed to an artist seeking her fair share. Maybe I'm wrong.However, it seems like now that the show might see great success and profit she wants a piece of the pie.
This article puts a different spin on the situation. If she is actually not being compensated for her work, then I support her completely in standing up for herself. If the facts in this article are true though, it sounds like she is in a position to stop the show from being licensed, which is the only way it will ever make real money. That makes me wonder why the other players haven't swallowed their pride by now and given her what she wants, even if they think it is a little unfair. Because otherwise, if she prevents it from being licensed, no one wins.
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