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| re: It's actually not terrible | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:56 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually not terrible - Singapore/Fling 10:01 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| This brings us back to the question at hand (or maybe I should say MY question at hand) which is what effect will this presentation have on the impending Broadway effort. Will it sell tickets? Or will it persuade people they don't need to spend money to see this live? This was always going to be a show that depended heavily on tourists. We know that's going to make for a rough ride this season. The question is, did the experiment do anything to enhance the chances? My gut says no but I don't know. Your subject line does not make a very good pull quote, BTW. :-) | |
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| re: The pandemic hiatus was the best thing that could have happened | |
| Posted by: Joe90 11:27 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually not terrible - ryhog 10:56 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| It's a dreadful, dreadful musical, as if it had been written by people who'd never heard of dramatic structure or of the need to vary the meter and rhyming scheme of a lyric. It's offensively stupid; one of those shows where when seeing the final product, knowing that so many skilled and professional people have played a part in the production process, I can't feel nothing but amazement that they ever let it get this far. All that money and time and talent, and it's still unsalvageable insipid trash. It's not even fun. And had the show started previews a few weeks earlier than it did, it would have opened to the critics before the pandemic, would have been deservedly eviscerated and closed soon after at a total loss. Netflix would never have been interested, and Diana the Musical would have become nothing more than a historical curiosity and a poster on the wall of Joe Allen's. However, due the pandemic they had a full production ready to go without word yet having got out in the press that it was abysmal. As such, it seemed like a logical The Crown brand extension for Netflix, and it'll be there for the producers of the musical to generate a small but consistent income in perpetuity. It's a savvy business move on their part, if nothing else as the stage version will never recover from the double whammy of scathing reviews film critics now and the inevitable similarly dismissive ones from theatre critics in a few weeks. It'll be closed by Christmas, but on Netflix forever. Joe. |
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| re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) | |
| Last Edit: Singapore/Fling 11:06 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:05 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually not terrible - ryhog 10:56 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| It's a tricky question, because I never would have spent money on the show. So in my case, they gained a streaming viewer who enjoyed it more than they thought they would, rather than losing or transferring a paying customer for the live show. I suppose if I liked it more, I would be willing to at least buy a TDF ticket, and I certainly would take a comp if someone offered. And now that I've seen the whole thing, I could give them a better pull quote, along the lines of, "Hey, it's actually pretty good (for what it is)". I know that's not ip there with best live show ever, but... :-) |
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| re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:46 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) - Singapore/Fling 11:05 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| I still think that falls in the category of what my mother used to call damning with faint praise :-) | |
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| re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 02:32 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) - ryhog 11:46 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| You know your mother didn't come up with that, right? | |
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| re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:52 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) - KingSpeed 02:32 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
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| now I do. At the time I thought she was the font of all wisdom :-) | |
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| snarky nm | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:35 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) - KingSpeed 02:32 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
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| The La Jolla “Diana” is actually my favorite TB Regional pan | |
| Posted by: BillEadie 12:56 am EDT 10/02/21 | |
| In reply to: re: It's actually pretty good (for what it is) - ryhog 11:46 pm EDT 10/01/21 | |
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| I had heard that the creatives did a lot of work on “Diana” after its run at La Jolla Playhouse. I hoped that it would improve. Apparently not. My review of the local production is linked below. Bill, in San Diego |
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| Link | “Diana” at La Jolla Playhouse |
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