A musical world
Okay, so I just had a birthday. I'm 25 now. Scary. Oh well, I guess age always has a way of slapping you in the face. Just when you think you have her beat, she creeps up on you the next year and SMACK, you don't know what hit ya. I had a good birthday and it was fun to spend time with some friends and family. But what I'm really here to ramble on about is musicals. I used to hate them. Naturally, before I ever gave them a chance, I made up my mind that I couldn't stand them. Slowly but surely, I have been listening to more and more somgs done in musicals and begun to appreciate them more and more. Then I saw Sweeney Todd. Now, it is the movie version and I have to say I haven't seen anything on stage except for Phantom of the Opera when I was three. I fell asleep. But Sweeney Todd was brilliant. It grapped me. The dark and sinister look of Tim Burton fit the story perfectly. And the music is amazing. I couldn't stop listening to it. Jordan and Ally got it for me for my birthday and I got to watch it again. I fell in love with it again. I really can't say why, but I just have a bigger desire to see musicals now and to experience the genius of the Sondheim's and Menken's. Ally also gave me the song Defying Gravity from Wicked on a mix. I had heard it before, but this time, I honestly got into it. It was kind of funny. I was driving with it blasting in my stereo and I came up to a stoplight and this guy next to me had this disturbed look on his face. I was tempted to turn it down, but then I thought, "What the hell", and I started singing loudly with it. It was pretty hilarious. Anyway, just wanted to share with you all about my ever-changing likes and dis-likes. I hope I can catch some musicals soon on stage. Alright, I'm done for now.
posted by Brent Hitman at 8:37 PM
2 Comments:
Happy (Belated) Birthday!! It is funny how musicals can grow on you. I still think it is really cheesey how they just break out in to song, but sometimes I'm just in the mood for that. I watched 7 brides for 7 brothers recently, and it is an old musical - very cheesey, but I find myself singing the songs every once in a while, and I realize that I did enjoy it. -Ben
I think what bothers me more than musicals themselves are the performing arts majors who are always breaking into song at the least opportune moments before laughing loudly. That being said, I saw "Wicked" in London, and though the show didn't leave me breathless (I may have been the only one), I was disturbed by how much I enjoyed the song "defying gravity". I'm ashamed just thinking about it. One more thing: I've always wanted to choreograph a song and dance number in a mall or something (ie. what would it be like if life behaved as it is in musicals). My motivation is to show how ridiculous musicals are, but you can be involved just for the love of it.
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