| Shaiman / Wittman's "Mary Poppins Returns" | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:12 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 08:03 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: On PASTICHE: is anyone trying to write a new 'Golden Age' musical these days? Would we pay to see one? - AnObserver 07:36 am EDT 08/27/19 | |
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| Great mention! I couldn't wait to hear the score for "Mary Poppins Returns" when I found out that Shaiman and Wittman were writing it, just because I think so highly of the score for HAIRSPRAY. In my mind, they did a good job with an incredibly difficult task. I'm probably being too harsh on something that is more than an admirable output. But in my opinion, the only song from the film that musically sounds like the Sherman brothers is "The Cover is Not The Book." That sounds like it could have been a trunk song. It's a great melody. But the lyric isn't good enough. The verses attempt to tell quick snapshot versions of other P.L. Travers stories, but the words fly at you so quickly that it's nearly impossible to pick up on any kind of real storyline. And Mr. Wittman has countless opportunities to surprise us with a clever rhyme or surprising turn of phrase, and he doesn't. The Sherman brothers would have. I give them points for finding a great rhythm for a phrase like "trip a little light fantastic," but the melody is merely serviceable and very forgettable. And don't get me started on the lyric for "The Place Where Lost Things Go." The best advice that Mary Poppins can give to kids with a dead mom is that their mom is now making a star glow in the sky and she's watching from above? Really? That was a missed opportunity for some very Travers-esque truth telling, and instead, they swerved right into a Disney cliche. Still, I do think the score for "Mary Poppins Returns" is pretty darn good. It's just not at the level of the Sherman brothers. - GMB, who will never understand why they cast Lin-Manuel Miranda, and was fully expecting him to turn into an impostor villain from New York City who was doing a fake accent |
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