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Morrigoon · 06-23-2009, 12:54 AM

Wow Jazz... I felt the opposite. Perhaps because I read the book first, but I was annoyed at how much the musical left out. I mean, obviously you have to leave out a lot, but to make the Time Dragon part of the set and then NEVER address its significance blew my mind.

Jazzman · 06-23-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

but to make the Time Dragon part of the set and then NEVER address its significance blew my mind.

Looking back, I can certainly agree there. (Totally awesome set piece, too.) The book, though, was just written so poorly that it felt like someone came up with a fantastic story idea and then handed it to a seventh grader to write. It was just painful, and I only finished it after forcing myself to read two chapters before bed every night. Thank Zeus the chapters followed the current short-attention-span-three-page-chapter formatting trend. Any longer and I may have offed myself.

Glad you liked it, though!

lashbear · 06-23-2009, 06:41 AM

This will make more sense to Nephy once she's seen the show... (and it's a good chuckle, too!)

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 06:53 AM

ROTFLMAO OMG...Lash that is HILARIOUS!

Gemini Cricket · 06-23-2009, 01:40 PM

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This will make more sense to Nephy once she's seen the show... (and it's a good chuckle, too!)

The theatre I did "Duck Hunter" at is doing this version of "Forbidden Broadway" next. It's going to be hilarious.

Nephythys · 06-23-2009, 09:10 AM

-oh, and Rose and I plan to be Glinda and Elphaba for Halloween.

Guess which one I am gonna be?

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 09:51 AM

You do realize that requires photos to be available right? Follow their lead and find a green long sleeved top to save some of the paint!

Nephythys · 06-23-2009, 10:15 AM

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You do realize that requires photos to be available right? Follow their lead and find a green long sleeved top to save some of the paint!

Photos are a given.

She had green sleeves on?

I am planning to do this costume-so only my hands and face would need to be green anyway.

innerSpaceman · 06-23-2009, 10:31 AM

I don't think the writing style of the book was great by any stretch, but the musical basically chucked the entire story and just left the barest set-up as its entire plot.

This wouldn't have been so bad if I perceived barely anything happening in the 2nd act, but was pretty baren of plot. I love the songs, the costumes, the characters ... but I hate that it's a tenth of the story instead of the customary musical adaptation of maybe half the story.

I hate it even more because reading the book is such a dreadful chore. It would have been nice to have the musical be a reasonable re-telling of the interesting story. But that's emphatically NOT the case.

Good songs though.

~MS~ · 06-23-2009, 10:52 AM

I have to agree on the play vs the book, I hadn't read the book before seeing the play either time, Lash and Stoat were oh you have to read the book, so we did....and I had a HARD time 'getting into the book' because it's so dark and far from the play 'storyline' I finally had to put it down and 'walk away' from it for a week and get my head into a 'it's only the same title with a few overlaping character names to be able to go back and really engage in the story presented in the book(s) the books are so much darker it's hard to describe but if you can seperate the two then you'll enjoy both.

06-23-2009, 12:54 AM	#1
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~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	ROTFLMAO OMG...Lash that is HILARIOUS! __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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Nephythys Yeah, that's about it- Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In a state of constant crap to get done Posts: 2,688	-oh, and Rose and I plan to be Glinda and Elphaba for Halloween. Guess which one I am gonna be?
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~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	You do realize that requires photos to be available right? Follow their lead and find a green long sleeved top to save some of the paint! __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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06-23-2009, 10:31 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't think the writing style of the book was great by any stretch, but the musical basically chucked the entire story and just left the barest set-up as its entire plot. This wouldn't have been so bad if I perceived barely anything happening in the 2nd act, but was pretty baren of plot. I love the songs, the costumes, the characters ... but I hate that it's a tenth of the story instead of the customary musical adaptation of maybe half the story. I hate it even more because reading the book is such a dreadful chore. It would have been nice to have the musical be a reasonable re-telling of the interesting story. But that's emphatically NOT the case. Good songs though.
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06-23-2009, 10:52 AM	#10
~MS~ One Happy little Missy! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 658	I have to agree on the play vs the book, I hadn't read the book before seeing the play either time, Lash and Stoat were oh you have to read the book, so we did....and I had a HARD time 'getting into the book' because it's so dark and far from the play 'storyline' I finally had to put it down and 'walk away' from it for a week and get my head into a 'it's only the same title with a few overlaping character names to be able to go back and really engage in the story presented in the book(s) the books are so much darker it's hard to describe but if you can seperate the two then you'll enjoy both. __________________ "Sometimes Miracles Hide"
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