In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
- John Adams
From a random comment to a friend about a John Adams quotation comes this post... After reading this quotation my friend asked me if it were from 1984. No, that's not a typo. I corrected him with 1776. We then began a discussion about 1984: A New Musical. Can you imagine having a song about; "Big Brother is Watching You! Watching everything you do... Dobee dobee doo."
What other books would make bizzarre musicals? We have Equilibrium which, for those who haven't seen it, is like some amazing mixture of 1984, meets The Matrix, meets Farenheit 451. But it's not a musical. How about Maxtrix The Musical or The DaVinci Code on Ice? This really got me thinking.
What are your thoughts? What books would you like to see put to music? What would be the tagline from the show?
Preternaturally yours,
Brandon
You are the chosen one Neo! The only one Neo! You are here to set us free0!
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3 comments:
motherless brooklyn because the main character has tourettes & that'd be funny
How about a musical for As I Lay Dying by Faulkner? It is a very strange book that would probably make an even stranger musical. My favorite chapter... "My mother is a fish."
I have always wanted to see Kabuki Shakespeare. A few years ago I was trying to write a comedy/horror/musical/porno but couldn't get past the second song. I think musical productions of already existing movies is an extremely under-utilized genre.
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