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shadowkat1. Ah...the Fosse Series Trailer is up. This is the one being co-produced by the people behind Hamilton and starring Sam Rockwell as Fosse, and Michelle Williams as Gwen Vernon. It's about their ill-fated romance and successful collaboration.
2. I finally saw all of Rent on Fox's On Demand (I kept getting interrupted -- it's two and half hours because of commercials). Borrowing heavily from NBC's method of telecasting last years Jesus Christ Superstar. Fox wisely used a staged production with a multi-tiered stage and an audience surrounding it. As opposed to filming it on a film lot with the audience in bleachers. It works -- the audience is part of the show and you feel like you are watching a live theater event (even if it was pre-recorded).
Also it's much better than the movie. And I think Jordan Fisher may be better in the part than Anthony Rapp was -- Mark Cohen -- in that he comes across as both younger and more naive. Rapp came across as a bit more whiny and pretentious -- which was actually the original role -- Mark Cohen was supposed to be a stand-in for Larson and the audience, those without AIDs, HIV, or real issues who were sort of playing at being Boho. He's a commentary on a media saturated culture, where everything is constantly being documented, but not always with much soul. It's a very complicated piece of theater. And ground-breaking in a lot of ways -- when it arrived on Broadway in 1996, there wasn't a lot stuff out that discussed AIDS and other things in this way. It was also before other ground-breaking rock operas, and brought in video footage.
3. Warmer today. Quiet. Got some writing done. Took clothes down to the farmers market. Took shoes to the basement disposal area -- where people can grab stuff. Bit by bit I'm purging the old apartment of stuff. Or trying to.
Also need to go back on the Paeolo Diet. I don't want to. I don't like it. You have to read the back of everything and make a lot of stuff from scratch -- which is fine if you like to do that sort of thing, have the time, the kitchen, and the fridge/cabinet space -- I do not. So dragging my feet. But I'll get there.
2. I finally saw all of Rent on Fox's On Demand (I kept getting interrupted -- it's two and half hours because of commercials). Borrowing heavily from NBC's method of telecasting last years Jesus Christ Superstar. Fox wisely used a staged production with a multi-tiered stage and an audience surrounding it. As opposed to filming it on a film lot with the audience in bleachers. It works -- the audience is part of the show and you feel like you are watching a live theater event (even if it was pre-recorded).
Also it's much better than the movie. And I think Jordan Fisher may be better in the part than Anthony Rapp was -- Mark Cohen -- in that he comes across as both younger and more naive. Rapp came across as a bit more whiny and pretentious -- which was actually the original role -- Mark Cohen was supposed to be a stand-in for Larson and the audience, those without AIDs, HIV, or real issues who were sort of playing at being Boho. He's a commentary on a media saturated culture, where everything is constantly being documented, but not always with much soul. It's a very complicated piece of theater. And ground-breaking in a lot of ways -- when it arrived on Broadway in 1996, there wasn't a lot stuff out that discussed AIDS and other things in this way. It was also before other ground-breaking rock operas, and brought in video footage.
3. Warmer today. Quiet. Got some writing done. Took clothes down to the farmers market. Took shoes to the basement disposal area -- where people can grab stuff. Bit by bit I'm purging the old apartment of stuff. Or trying to.
Also need to go back on the Paeolo Diet. I don't want to. I don't like it. You have to read the back of everything and make a lot of stuff from scratch -- which is fine if you like to do that sort of thing, have the time, the kitchen, and the fridge/cabinet space -- I do not. So dragging my feet. But I'll get there.
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Date: 2019-02-04 01:33 pm (UTC)Hmm...