| I agree. I think the process has changed since Ain't Misbehavin'. Now I think it starts with the catalog (will it draw an audience?) rather than the story. Truth is, most of these people don't have compelling stories so our choices are the bio-play, which is hackneyed 9 out of 10 times, and the Mamma Mia model. The root of this phenomenon is the dearth of scores people are willing to sit and listen to, so producers fall back on what they figure will sell. If we had fresh scores as resonant as Michael Jackson's songbook, no one would be thinking about this save the people who can make money off the catalogs, and I'd be willing to bet that if we had enough new scores, no one would line up for the theatrical equivalent of tribute bands. |
