The Beatles - Love

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Not offensive in a "they've ruined the Beatles music" way, but offensive in a "Oh my f-ing god, that was seriously homophobic" way. (The rest of this paragraph contains spoilers). One "gag" featured three male characters entering the stage holding flowers. One woman comes out, walks up to the first man, takes his flowers and walks out on his arm. Then two women enter and both of them approach the second man, accept his flowers and walk out on his arms. The last man stands alone the stage with his bouquet when a muscular shirtless hunk enters opposite. The first man quickly hides his bouquet behind his back. Big laughs. Hi-friggin-larious.

I'm pretty sure this was in the show because I remember a male character running away when another male character tried to accept his flowers. Maybe he wasn't shirtless in the performance that iSm and I saw last Saturday but I remember this 'gag'.

The storyline lacked direction,the visuals should have been much grander, and there should have been more variety in the acrobatics. Still, LOVE was a fun show (and I'm NOT a Beatles fan).

Zumanity and O are my 2 fav Cirque shows.


PS: EVERYONE MUST SEE SPAMALOT !!

[libraryvixen]

Originally Posted by zapppop

PS: EVERYONE MUST SEE SPAMALOT !!

Did you see Spamalot at the Wynn? If so, how was the theatre?

[wendybeth]

I want to see Spamalot a lot, but it's never going to come here. Might have to keep an eye on Seattle......

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, maybe I'll skip the show after all.


Don't be sorry you skipped Mystere, mr. mousepod. Unless you have a time machine, you have missed that shining moment by more than a decade. In its day, it was the best thing Cirque had ever done, and that show of the first few years remains - imo - the best thing Cirque has ever done.

Funny you should compare Ka to your first acid trip ... because all my friends who first saw Mystere with me that first night felt we were on LSD (and we were all quite familiar with the feeling).



Oh, but do regret you skipped O, a show many times magnificenter than Ka.


Perhaps Love simply has too many letters in the name. I'm beginning to believe it sucks, and at those ticket prices ... well, I just may skip it. Not decided yet. Very sad.

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, maybe I'll see it just to find out if it would replace Quidam on my most loathed list.

[innerSpaceman]

Reviving this thread to say I loved Love and that the two bits mousepod complained of are no longer in the show.


Good work, mousepod!



I'm glad I saw the post-mousepod version. Those two items do indeed sound lame. The show I saw was nothing but one visually spectacular set-piece after another, with knock-your-socks-off sound. I enjoyed it immensely and would see it again, and recommend it.

The "history of the Beatles" concept must have been so weak that I didn't even notice it existing. The show did indeed start with the WWII Blitz that John, Paul, George and Ringo were the following generation of, and there was an intermediary bit about the screaming girl rabid fandom. But otherwise I saw nothing of The Beatles history, and experienced only free-form Cirque performance adaptations of their music.


(I interpreted the chimneys in the opening number to be the sort of Liverpool imagery employed at the start of Yellow Submarine. There was nothing that particularly indicated it was supposed to be the roof of the rooftop concert.)

[mousepod]

I'm delighted that the homophobic bits were removed from the show. They had no place in it. Perhaps if I saw the current version (knowing what I know), I'd like it a whole lot better.

[Prudence]

It's in Seattle at the end of this month. (I have tickets for the 26th.)

[wendybeth]

Damn it. I mean, I'm glad for you- but, damn it. Heh heh....next time, let me know and we can both go, okay? Can you imagine how annoying we could be at a MP-inspired show?

[innerSpaceman]

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