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re: Check out the logo for February's Parade concert

Posted by:	MikeR 01:36 pm EDT 08/17/14
In reply to:	Check out the logo for February's Parade concert - MikeR 02:08 pm EDT 08/15/14

Since I didn't articulate my problem with the logo in my original post, I'll do so now. I don't think it matches the tone of the show at all. It's very "in your face," where the show is much subtler. The logo is all about the lynching, where the show is about the relationship between Leo and Lucille, and the tragic circumstances that lead to Leo's lynching. I don't feel that the logo represents the show well, and I still think that hitting you over the head with the image of a noose is not in the best of taste. In the end, of course, it doesn't matter. It's a one night concert that will surely sell out quickly. They could've had a logo that was just the word "Parade" in black Comic Sans text on a plain white background and it wouldn't have kept the ticket-buyers away.

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re: Check out the logo for February's Parade concert

Posted by:	Chromolume 10:37 pm EDT 08/17/14
In reply to:	re: Check out the logo for February's Parade concert - MikeR 01:36 pm EDT 08/17/14

Since I didn't articulate my problem with the logo in my original post, I'll do so now. I don't think it matches the tone of the show at all. It's very "in your face," where the show is much subtler. The logo is all about the lynching, where the show is about the relationship between Leo and Lucille, and the tragic circumstances that lead to Leo's lynching. I don't feel that the logo represents the show well, and I still think that hitting you over the head with the image of a noose is not in the best of taste. Thank you for articulating what I clearly was not quite able to say. Though, see my post below as well in terms of what I feel the show is "about" - I do agree that the Leo/Lucille relationship has a huge arc that helps the show, though i still tend to feel ultimately the show is about one outsider and his (non) relationship in the community. But your points are certainly valid. Though, I might question your use of the word subtle, lol - I hardly see Parade as a subtle show on any level. ;-) And again, I'm actually surprised, now that I think of it, that no one seems to consider the noose a spoiler. After all, some of us have been taken to task often out here for revealing so-called spoilers of shows/stories that I think are much more familiar. I would think there are plenty of people that don't know the Leo Frank story and how it ends.

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