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shadowkatWatching the filmed musical production of The Waitress staring Sara Bareilles, which she wrote and starred in. This is the musical adaptation of the film "The Waitress" starring Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion. It's on HBO.
I remember thinking when I discovered Bareilles was adapting the film to a musical - that this really doesn't work well as a musical. (And I was right, it doesn't.)
The songs don't work, and are more grating than anything else (and I love musicals - this would turn me off of them). It's trying for a kind of opera with dialogue, but it doesn't quite play. And they don't do dance numbers - because of course you can't due to the subject matter (it deals with domestic violence).
Also outside of Betsy, most of the singing and songs fall flat. Watching someone make pies on stage - isn't that entertaining. And the action is between the Diner and the Gynecologist Office. Her romance? With her Gynecologist - while she's pregnant with the abusive husband's baby. See? It has problematic subject matter for a musical.
In short, it's not very good. I'm glad I didn't pay anything to see it. This is why I haven't seen a musical in ages, most of them are like this? They have a bad score and don't quite work. Also they cost between $250-800 to see. And just no.
I gave up finally. It's kind of offensive in spots, and the songs don't work.
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I'm in a television slump. I tried Severance, and it still kind of bores me? I can't seem to get past episode 3. Also tried Emily in Paris - same. Ginny and Frannie? Same. These are all popular series, but they aren't working for me. I think my difficulty with Severance - is I kind of figured it out and can see where it is going - because I read a lot of science-fiction horror and have seen a lot? It's not a new trope. It may work better if you haven't? Also I don't like any of the characters, and the actors don't do anything for me. "Severance" is a work place satire - it's a kind of sci-fi horror comedy? Satire either works for me or it doesn't, and workplace satires have never worked for me. I've tried a lot of them, they are all the same - and none of them work for me: Office Space, Good Place (it worked when it wasn't a work place satire), The Office, Parks and Recreation, and now this. They are all about bored people wearing suits in a cubicle environment, not caring about anything but how they can annoy each other. Basically how television writers envision the work place based on the temp jobs they've had.
I think I may go back to Hacks, Poker Face, Buffy, and Ted Lasso. Also Black Doves, and Tracker.
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The day was somewhat productive, I walked, I peddled, I talked to mother, I cleaned, I took out the trash, I striped the bed and made it up clean, I lay in bed - but didn't sleep in, and I read a bit.
I remember thinking when I discovered Bareilles was adapting the film to a musical - that this really doesn't work well as a musical. (And I was right, it doesn't.)
The songs don't work, and are more grating than anything else (and I love musicals - this would turn me off of them). It's trying for a kind of opera with dialogue, but it doesn't quite play. And they don't do dance numbers - because of course you can't due to the subject matter (it deals with domestic violence).
Also outside of Betsy, most of the singing and songs fall flat. Watching someone make pies on stage - isn't that entertaining. And the action is between the Diner and the Gynecologist Office. Her romance? With her Gynecologist - while she's pregnant with the abusive husband's baby. See? It has problematic subject matter for a musical.
In short, it's not very good. I'm glad I didn't pay anything to see it. This is why I haven't seen a musical in ages, most of them are like this? They have a bad score and don't quite work. Also they cost between $250-800 to see. And just no.
I gave up finally. It's kind of offensive in spots, and the songs don't work.
***
I'm in a television slump. I tried Severance, and it still kind of bores me? I can't seem to get past episode 3. Also tried Emily in Paris - same. Ginny and Frannie? Same. These are all popular series, but they aren't working for me. I think my difficulty with Severance - is I kind of figured it out and can see where it is going - because I read a lot of science-fiction horror and have seen a lot? It's not a new trope. It may work better if you haven't? Also I don't like any of the characters, and the actors don't do anything for me. "Severance" is a work place satire - it's a kind of sci-fi horror comedy? Satire either works for me or it doesn't, and workplace satires have never worked for me. I've tried a lot of them, they are all the same - and none of them work for me: Office Space, Good Place (it worked when it wasn't a work place satire), The Office, Parks and Recreation, and now this. They are all about bored people wearing suits in a cubicle environment, not caring about anything but how they can annoy each other. Basically how television writers envision the work place based on the temp jobs they've had.
I think I may go back to Hacks, Poker Face, Buffy, and Ted Lasso. Also Black Doves, and Tracker.
**
The day was somewhat productive, I walked, I peddled, I talked to mother, I cleaned, I took out the trash, I striped the bed and made it up clean, I lay in bed - but didn't sleep in, and I read a bit.
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Date: 2025-02-23 02:13 pm (UTC)And if you want a *really obscure* recommendation, try Q.E.D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJx0DLt08-Y
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Date: 2025-02-23 02:59 pm (UTC)