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re: Side Show final song…

Posted by: MTMan 01:45 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: Side Show final song… - Solberg 06:04 pm EDT 08/06/14

Thank goodness I'm not alone. I remember it as the most unintentionally funny moment I've ever seen in the theater. The friend I went with was sobbing, and I was stifling my laughter--as was the stranger next to me. His boyfriend on the other side of him was sobbing, too. I kind of thought at the time I'd found my soul mate...

Nothing was quite as squirm-inducing as the Tunnel of Love sequence, but that damn song was well-sung, bombastically orchestrated, and embarrassingly laughable. I sincerely hope they've discovered a way to make the song work.


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Tunnel of love is cut

Posted by: dramedy 12:57 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Side Show final song… - MTMan 01:45 am EDT 08/07/14

I think modified lyrics and melody might be in the show, but it definitely not the big amusement park number in original show.


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re: Side Show final song…

Posted by: PlazaBoy 10:51 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Side Show final song… - MTMan 01:45 am EDT 08/07/14

I'm with you on the Tunnel of Love sequence. It was so over the top. My friend and I just looked at each other with a WTF expression that made us both want to burst out laughing.


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re: Side Show final song…

Posted by: Chromolume 11:03 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Side Show final song… - PlazaBoy 10:51 am EDT 08/07/14

I remember posting about this once before also. Though I do think the music is fun, the lyrics had a sexual "schoolkid" naivete to them that, whatever the intention, did seem silly rather than depicting any sort of real awakening/adventure/danger. Yes, the girls are young and inexperienced, but they're not kids - and certainly neither are the men, though neither of them, IMO< is as mature as they see themselves. But however we see the characters, the lyrics just weren't right for the moment.

(I think I also remember saying I felt the same about some of the stuff in Act II of Romance/Romance, which made these characters in their 30's seem more like high school kids at a party when mom and dad are away, lol.)


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