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Apr. 1st, 2018 05:19 pm1. Well okay, this shocked the heck out of me...wandering around on FB today.
Who is Allison Mack, former Smallville Star, as number two in Raniere Sex Cult -- aiding in human sex trafficking
And apparently Kristen Kreuk was also involved. You can go look up the details on your own. It's sickening. But seemingly real -- I checked Snopes, and there's no record one way or the other.
I'm thinking I'm going to spend the rest of the evening off of the internet. I miss the days in which I didn't know all these things.
2. Overcast mainly, but sun came out briefly. Bought flowers for the windowsill.
Also enjoyed church, the UU's sort of view Easter the same way I do, along with the Christ story, which is more metaphorical and less literal based.
Looking forward to Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert tonight. It's my favorite rock musical of all time. I think I've seen it five or six times, and six variations.
Favorite musicals? I'm admittedly more of a rock musical fan than a traditionalist.
* Jesus Christ Superstar - the layers of this musical are amazing. It's a social commentary, a religious commentary, a political commentary, and it has songs that resonate long after you leave the theater.
* West Side Story (which I've never seen performed on stage) - see JCS for why it works. However, unlike JCS, it's dialogue is horribly dated. Too much 1950s slang.
* Spring Awakening - layers upon layers, political commentary, and deeply meaningful story about love, coming of age, and communication
* Rent - some amazing songs, and an interesting commentary on a time period, although, oddly, still resonates today
* Les Miserables - melodramatic, but amazing songs, riveting score, and also a timely commentary on issues of today
* A Chorus Line -- interesting dissection of the theater and audition process, along with societal labeling and the beauty myth
* Cabaret - one of the best adaptations of a play into a musical, and does a great job of critiquing societal prejudices
* My Fair Lady - a fun romp, but also an interesting commentary on classicism and gender politics, although Shaw's interpretation may be slightly better, but I like the songs here more.
* South Pacific - political commentary, offensive in places, and shows the time period accurately, an adaptation of a novel into a musical -- and a rather good one. Also my favorite of the Rodgers and Hammerstein period
* Hamilton (never seen performed, just listened to the cast album)
* Into the Woods - a twisty look at fairy tales and romance and wishes...and how things aren't quite as they seem
* Pippin -- a satiric riff on our society and narcissism that is rather amazing in places.
Least Favorite?
*Next to Normal -- not much there in the music. The songs make no sense outside of the musical. The staging and performances are fantastic. But I've listened to the music a while now, and thinking over it...it's lacking in so many ways
*Company -- a musical about a bunch of narcissistic New Yorkers and their inability to form lasting relationships due to the narcissism.
*Bye Bye Birdie -- a musical that feels a bit sexist, it's about Elvis leaving for the military and the girls fanworshipping him.
* Kiss of the Spiderwoman -- very dark, not many memorable songs, it's good, but...
* Chess -- it should work, but it doesn't. Having seen two stagings of it, I think the story is off. The plot just doesn't quite hang together
* Phantom of the Opera -- too operatic and melodramatic, and doesn't seem to have anything to say, most of Lloyd Webber's musicals do on some level, this one just doesn't
* Hello Dolly - this was also a musical adaptation of a play, but it doesn't have much to say, and outside of the tidal number? Nothing all that memorable. People see it for the star in much the same way they went to Sunset Boulevard for Glenn Close. If it doesn't have a really good lead...it doesn't work.
I've only done the one's that I've actually seen or listened to a full cast album. Don't comment on the one's I haven't.
Who is Allison Mack, former Smallville Star, as number two in Raniere Sex Cult -- aiding in human sex trafficking
And apparently Kristen Kreuk was also involved. You can go look up the details on your own. It's sickening. But seemingly real -- I checked Snopes, and there's no record one way or the other.
I'm thinking I'm going to spend the rest of the evening off of the internet. I miss the days in which I didn't know all these things.
2. Overcast mainly, but sun came out briefly. Bought flowers for the windowsill.
Also enjoyed church, the UU's sort of view Easter the same way I do, along with the Christ story, which is more metaphorical and less literal based.
Looking forward to Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert tonight. It's my favorite rock musical of all time. I think I've seen it five or six times, and six variations.
Favorite musicals? I'm admittedly more of a rock musical fan than a traditionalist.
* Jesus Christ Superstar - the layers of this musical are amazing. It's a social commentary, a religious commentary, a political commentary, and it has songs that resonate long after you leave the theater.
* West Side Story (which I've never seen performed on stage) - see JCS for why it works. However, unlike JCS, it's dialogue is horribly dated. Too much 1950s slang.
* Spring Awakening - layers upon layers, political commentary, and deeply meaningful story about love, coming of age, and communication
* Rent - some amazing songs, and an interesting commentary on a time period, although, oddly, still resonates today
* Les Miserables - melodramatic, but amazing songs, riveting score, and also a timely commentary on issues of today
* A Chorus Line -- interesting dissection of the theater and audition process, along with societal labeling and the beauty myth
* Cabaret - one of the best adaptations of a play into a musical, and does a great job of critiquing societal prejudices
* My Fair Lady - a fun romp, but also an interesting commentary on classicism and gender politics, although Shaw's interpretation may be slightly better, but I like the songs here more.
* South Pacific - political commentary, offensive in places, and shows the time period accurately, an adaptation of a novel into a musical -- and a rather good one. Also my favorite of the Rodgers and Hammerstein period
* Hamilton (never seen performed, just listened to the cast album)
* Into the Woods - a twisty look at fairy tales and romance and wishes...and how things aren't quite as they seem
* Pippin -- a satiric riff on our society and narcissism that is rather amazing in places.
Least Favorite?
*Next to Normal -- not much there in the music. The songs make no sense outside of the musical. The staging and performances are fantastic. But I've listened to the music a while now, and thinking over it...it's lacking in so many ways
*Company -- a musical about a bunch of narcissistic New Yorkers and their inability to form lasting relationships due to the narcissism.
*Bye Bye Birdie -- a musical that feels a bit sexist, it's about Elvis leaving for the military and the girls fanworshipping him.
* Kiss of the Spiderwoman -- very dark, not many memorable songs, it's good, but...
* Chess -- it should work, but it doesn't. Having seen two stagings of it, I think the story is off. The plot just doesn't quite hang together
* Phantom of the Opera -- too operatic and melodramatic, and doesn't seem to have anything to say, most of Lloyd Webber's musicals do on some level, this one just doesn't
* Hello Dolly - this was also a musical adaptation of a play, but it doesn't have much to say, and outside of the tidal number? Nothing all that memorable. People see it for the star in much the same way they went to Sunset Boulevard for Glenn Close. If it doesn't have a really good lead...it doesn't work.
I've only done the one's that I've actually seen or listened to a full cast album. Don't comment on the one's I haven't.