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stewbeef 11:59 pm UTC 10/16/07 |
| In reply to: | Bat Out Of Hell The Epic Musical Experience - Mr.Egg 01:36 am UTC 10/15/07 |
| oh god here we go again.weve just got rid of one nutter,how long have we got to put up with mr egg.or is it in my face. > Reply to Venom, who asked how I knew certain things. > > > How do you know this? > > > > > > > The show is not going to be like Cirque du Soleil, even > > > though Jim recently described it as Cirque du Soleil on > > > acid. It's going to be like that in a few parts but there > > > will be a strong storyline based on Peter Pan and the > > > musical will be set in post-apocalyptic New York. > > > My friend Wilson was the original director for the new Bat > production. When I first heard he got the job, I was > really excited because I have been a Jim fan since 1977. > > He showed me the script that Jim had written. This is how > I know that the show won't really be Cirque on acid. > Although there is a giant alien embryo which explodes just > before intermission, showering the audience with red > jello. > > The script is fairly conservative. It follows the story of > Peter Pan and Hook but with some great changes. Hook is > now an evil police chief, for example. > > Of course there will be motorcycles. But not as many as > when Jim decided to do a simple arena show. Don't believe > posts from six months ago. Everything has changed. > > Wilson has friends who work on the production, even though > he is no longer the director. We get regular updates. > > Jim has now written a very detailed script which can only > be made into a traditional musical. There is no room for > monster trucks. > > My friend Wilson had great difficulty in editing the > script because it was complicated by Jim's brilliant > ideas. There was so much genius, it was difficult to know > what to keep and what to throw away. This is why Jim fired > him. | |
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