The Amazing(ly talented tap-dancing) Spiderman!
My name is Admiral Eo and this is the “Soft-shoe Diaries”.
Our first bit of news, as you may have already guessed, is all about the new Broadway musical, SPIDER-MAN. That’s right, Spider-man is now being developed as a full stage musical adaptation with a nice little budget reported to be around $47,000,000. I’ll give you a second to let you recount the zero’s.
Now most of you are probably thinking, “this is the worst idea ever known to man, Spider-man doesn’t dance!” Well, you couldn’t be more wrong. He does indeed fly now, so get past yourself and accept it. Lets take a deeper look into this new musical world as I believe it will help you understand better where my calmness is coming from.
Spider-man will be singing and dancing to the music of Bono under the direction of Julie Taymore. Julie Taymore is brilliant when given the chance to direct for the stage. (SIDE NOTE: Go see Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. It’s incredible.) As long as The Green Goblin isn’t a puppet I think this has every chance in the world to be successful and blow all of our minds.
I think Julie Taymore has some great ideas and great grasp of what a Spider-man Musical should be. Lets wait to see what she can bring to the table. Remember, nothing could be worse than this.
Ouch,
Admiral-Eo
Welcome to the team Admiral.
I don’t know where you found that second video (Spider-Man v Flash), but it’s brilliant.
Good form.
March 6th, 2010 at 8:28 amWelcome to the wild rumpus, Admiral. I was glad to hear you got promoted.
I also appreciated you posted the best part of Spiderman 3. Not that it was an especially good bit (although now I want to see Raimi direct a musical), but because Raimi recognized how ridiculous this movie was, and adding a dance number couldn’t possibly bring the quality of the film down. Heck, it improved it, in my opinion.
March 6th, 2010 at 11:27 amAkatzen, I know this is weird, but I disagree. What you found “improving” I found insulting. Spider-Man 3 was steamy pile of crap — we agree there. But the dance sequence was like finding the remains of an infant within the steamy pile of shit — I was made about the crap, but now I’m offended.
All that said, I think that Raimi stepping away from Spider-Man is not so bad a thing…
March 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pmHey Admiral, I just saw this: http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/03/10/evan-rachel-wood-drops-out-of-spider-man-musical/
March 11th, 2010 at 3:58 pm