| re: When Superman Briefly Flew on Broadway |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:12 pm EDT 08/12/20 |
| In reply to: re: When Superman Briefly Flew on Broadway - Michael_Portantiere 04:56 pm EDT 08/12/20 |
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I almost included the same basic thought. If the author had wanted to say that, and had it said as you do, and as I would have, it would have been fine. If he had something like, "Perhaps the show would have seemed more refreshing and interesting had Lois been written as a stronger and more independent woman." But he just doesn't seem to get that the song is tongue-in-cheek.
Truth is that Prince himself said that he realized only after it closed that Superman might have been a more interesting show had it commented seriously on contemporary life. The show seems to have struck even the critics who liked it as fun but disposable. Even the relatively few fully favorable reviews did not make it sound like something you needed to see.
But just now reading some of the reviews of the DTC revisal gave the same feeling: it's fun but so light it might fly away like Superman. Something you might enjoy but nothing you really need to see. |
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