tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post6787680949383653911..comments2024-03-22T05:48:33.690-07:00Comments on Uncensored John Simon: John Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00876490457067235124noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-21081031799136942842020-03-29T10:32:29.327-07:002020-03-29T10:32:29.327-07:00John, it appears that now the "road show"...John, it appears that now the "road show" has become the "home show". See: <br />http://jamiejobbbackstagepass.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-digital-box-office.htmlJamie Jobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980275777316852825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-88696933166292619072019-11-02T16:49:29.577-07:002019-11-02T16:49:29.577-07:00Cole Porter and George Gershwin would go broke tod...Cole Porter and George Gershwin would go broke today...<br />in a world of profanity laden rap.Mrsqueakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860534731700415290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-3279408982222236622019-10-06T19:05:37.387-07:002019-10-06T19:05:37.387-07:00I remember that the awful Meatloaf number Paradise...I remember that the awful Meatloaf number Paradise By the Dashboard Light (which I heard replayed endlessly on the radio in the late 1970s) is listed among the worst songs of all time in this amusing NPR discussion: https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2014/02/06/272457460/the-worst-songs-of-all-timeXenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664620430604622777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-55498290777194016472019-09-07T12:19:31.321-07:002019-09-07T12:19:31.321-07:00There have been several well-received movie musica...There have been several well-received movie musicals in recent years. "Chicago," "La La Land," "Hedwig," etc.<br /><br />And, shows on Broadway sell out for years. "Hamilton" ring a bell?<br /><br /> https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/best-movie-musicals-since-2000Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-79541957631403464412019-09-07T08:52:01.356-07:002019-09-07T08:52:01.356-07:00Have you visited college campuses lately? No one w...Have you visited college campuses lately? No one wants to hear from white male geniuses.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475256535178054494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-9559962128529024252019-09-07T08:46:14.628-07:002019-09-07T08:46:14.628-07:00Musical comedy was always doomed for death. I like...Musical comedy was always doomed for death. I liken it to all those old musicals produced by Hollywood--it seems silly to be on the brink of song and high kicks. As to Broadway, never is there much interest there--quick, who are the great playwrights now? Who wants to see a second-rate movie become a second-rate play? I love your comments on theatre, you have no rival.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475256535178054494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-89444964051347929272019-09-05T09:17:05.385-07:002019-09-05T09:17:05.385-07:00Hi, John. Spot on, as usual.Hi, John. Spot on, as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-13089701231536897462019-09-04T09:41:29.737-07:002019-09-04T09:41:29.737-07:00True, Pop. I said something similar a few days bac...True, Pop. I said something similar a few days back, posted it but it didn't take. T mentioned the classical repertory as in part inspiration for the Broadway musical, and that's on life support on college radio stations and the like. <br /><br />NPR and PBS still have some commitment to it but less than twenty or thirty years ago, as they've gone pc. <br /><br />Even old-time network television featured anthology shows that aired adaptations of classic and modern short stories, and that includes the Hitchcock series. I don't see that now even on public television! john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752457333383090137.post-24484926549808977082019-08-30T10:28:28.620-07:002019-08-30T10:28:28.620-07:00It's not only broadway musicals. Popular music...It's not only broadway musicals. Popular music and art, in general, have been going down the shithole slowly but surely for the last thirty years. I know I sound like the "get-off-my-lawn-old-guy," but it's true. Indeed, much of the entire art world is crap. Pure crap. Remember the hitchhiker Nicholson picked up in "Five Easy Pieces?" <br /><br />"CRAP! It's all CRAP! It's FILTH! DIRT and FILTH!"<br />https://youtu.be/wKWckZxpPBk?t=42<br /><br />Remember Picasso? Van Gogh, Camus, Beckett, and Poe? How about Bergman? Are there any filmmakers doing anything close to what Bergman did in his heyday? e.e. cummings, Auden, Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, The Beatles, Mozart, (Yes, I put The Beatles in the same sentence as Mozart). Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but we don't see the kind of artwork these days as we've seen in the past. <br /><br />And, I'm not even talking about the classics such as Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Homer, Shakespeare, etc., I'm just talking about regular old great artists. They're all gone. <br /><br />They're all programming computers nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com