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Reply #30 posted 06/18/24 4:48am

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I have low expectations but keeping an open mind. I saw Tommy last year at the Goodman in Chicago with zero expectations and it blew me away. You never know...

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Reply #31 posted 06/18/24 6:20am

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They could be introducing "the kid" for the drama scenes in the netflix bio???

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Reply #32 posted 06/18/24 9:48am

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Even though I love musical theater, I can't say I'm too excited for this one. Personally, I HATE the whole "Jukebox" musical trend that has come about in recent years, and this one is going to have that feel, I'm sure. I much prefer an original play with original songs designed to tell the story, not the shoe-horning of individual tunes to try to make a narrative. Just my personal opinion though.

Now, if the thing just gets rave reviews, and people I trust tell me that it's worth seeing, I might be swayed. As it is though, I'm really not interested. I imagine it will still be a huge hit, whether or not fans like us support it.

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Reply #33 posted 06/18/24 11:19am

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TrivialPursuit said:

peedub said:

Musical or not musical, who cares? Did Prince write it? No. But Florence Foster Jenkins did, so it matters? Good business? What goddamn business are y'all in? Right...making money. To what end? Printing more purple rains? Whoop dee do. There is exactly one thing that the estate could produce that is not the physical release of unheard music that I would spend money on, and that is a McFarlane toys sculpt of prince performing while my guitar gently weeps at the rock n roll Hall of fame induction ceremony. Prince was a musician. His business was selling songs. He spent the bulk of his career distancing himself from the purple rain era. He was a true talent and a maverick, and the estate does not respect that. They are exploiting his art, not sharing it. And this stage adaptation of his art at the peak of his commercial success, that prince would absofuckinglutely roll his eyes out the back of his head at, is exhibit one.

LOL What Prince are you looking at? He performed Purple Rain songs on just about every tour he did except The Ultimate Live Experience and maybe a couple others.

Even in the Rave Un2 The Year 2000 video where he mocked the audience saying "Some of these folks think it's 1984 up in here," yet he performed "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me With U," "Purple Rain," and "Baby I'm A Star," not to mention The Time performing their two songs from the movie.

And you don't know what Prince would've rolled his eyes at. Do you not remember him writing songs for a stage musical long ago???

I'm looking at the prince that took the immediate left turn at around the world in a day, then fired the revolution and then spent the entire rest of his career demonstrating that he was something more and different than purple rain. And I'm talking about the era, not the album or the songs. Of course he performed the songs. They're his art. Why wouldn't he? Indeed, they're the only songs in his catalog that he for periods did explicitly EXclude from setlists, but you read it how you want. And he absolutely had an expressed distaste for other people profiting off of his creations.

And, you seem to be conflating my distaste for this project with a distaste for musical theater. Not the case. It's not a genre thing. It's a 'this guy died and left a bucket of gold for you to distribute to the people who loved him, but you're gonna take that gold, smelt it with a buncha tin, roll it into foil and cover your roof with it so you can stay drier longer?' Ok, estate. Some fans will deck themselves in your thousand dollar sign on the times denim and purple rain beflowered slippers and walk the red carpet into your rented theater where maria Sofia and Austin Butler will conjure the very soul and passion of prince to thunderous acclaim. I'll be over here with my open check book and a pen waiting on little nuggets of shit prince did (and my one action figure).
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Reply #34 posted 06/18/24 8:42pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

I would. Theatre is magic, and I didn't hear or see y'all throwing up over the MJ musical or anything. Or were you? Must've missed it.

Jukebox musicals are very popular right now from Carol King, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, etc. Why not make one about Prince? It's good for business.

What is this, your first rodeo?

You don't get the difference between Prince and those other artists?

Citing MJ, like has there ever historically been any element of how the MJ estate is conducted that Prince fans would like replicated with the Prince estate?

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Reply #35 posted 06/19/24 6:41am

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Just for argument sake, there is a possible scenario where the Purple Rain musical ISN'T just a rehash of the movie. There are MANY different interesting angles that can be taken. Purple Rain could just be the backdrop/foundational lure.

The story could:

Dive deep into his familial dysfunction

Pursue the inner struggle from independent artist to superstar

Dive deep into his inner struggle/necessity/functionality of/for so many projects/groups

Focus on how Purple Rain is sort of the global showpiece of the Minneapolis sound

Focus on the loneliness/obsession of creating a "masterpiece"

Pursue his need to be the absolute "best" and how this drove his every move

Etc, etc...

(I'm not holding my breath, but they're called surprises for a reason.)

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Reply #36 posted 06/19/24 11:27am

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pdiddy2011 said:

Just for argument sake, there is a possible scenario where the Purple Rain musical ISN'T just a rehash of the movie. There are MANY different interesting angles that can be taken. Purple Rain could just be the backdrop/foundational lure.

The story could:

Dive deep into his familial dysfunction

Pursue the inner struggle from independent artist to superstar

Dive deep into his inner struggle/necessity/functionality of/for so many projects/groups

Focus on how Purple Rain is sort of the global showpiece of the Minneapolis sound

Focus on the loneliness/obsession of creating a "masterpiece"

Pursue his need to be the absolute "best" and how this drove his every move

Etc, etc...

(I'm not holding my breath, but they're called surprises for a reason.)

...could also be:

Intro (Wendy's 9th chords)

1st Verse (...didn't mean 2 cause u any sorrow)

2nd Verse (..never wanted 2 b ur weekend lover)

3rd verse (...u say u want a leader)

Finale with the gigantic, full-cast, 'Purple Rain' chorus!

-Fin-

(?)

But, then, all the players come back for the super-duper "woo-hoo-ho-hoooooo" Grand Finalééé!!!

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"

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Reply #37 posted 06/19/24 12:29pm

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nayroo2002 said:

pdiddy2011 said:

Just for argument sake, there is a possible scenario where the Purple Rain musical ISN'T just a rehash of the movie. There are MANY different interesting angles that can be taken. Purple Rain could just be the backdrop/foundational lure.

The story could:

Dive deep into his familial dysfunction

Pursue the inner struggle from independent artist to superstar

Dive deep into his inner struggle/necessity/functionality of/for so many projects/groups

Focus on how Purple Rain is sort of the global showpiece of the Minneapolis sound

Focus on the loneliness/obsession of creating a "masterpiece"

Pursue his need to be the absolute "best" and how this drove his every move

Etc, etc...

(I'm not holding my breath, but they're called surprises for a reason.)

...could also be:

Intro (Wendy's 9th chords)

1st Verse (...didn't mean 2 cause u any sorrow)

2nd Verse (..never wanted 2 b ur weekend lover)

3rd verse (...u say u want a leader)

Finale with the gigantic, full-cast, 'Purple Rain' chorus!

-Fin-

(?)

But, then, all the players come back for the super-duper "woo-hoo-ho-hoooooo" Grand Finalééé!!!

lol You are right, it very well could be! (and your finale might be on the money!) OR, maybe we get the Sometimes it Snows in April with harp and organ accompiament and they get Misty Copeland to dance to it!

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Reply #38 posted 06/19/24 1:55pm

happyshopper

No interest at all from a fan point of you, but if it’s good from an objective point of view, then good for the Estate…. I find it hard to believe it will be though.

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Reply #39 posted 06/20/24 6:55am

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...if I ever see or hear them perform near, or in my backyard, I grab the fire extinguisher, throw a bag of rotten tomatoes & potatoes, a beehive, a bucket full of Alpaca urine, baking flower, wigs, shoes and union peels.

Seriously, for me it's exactly like Databank puts it.

Musical performers simply are:

- far too direct and no nuance, so just

- too much,

- too loud,

- too puny,

- too fake,

- too bland, faint,

- too overly unsubtle,

- too confident,

- too much studied,

- too light,

- too brutal,

- too much saliva,

- too happy,

- too whimsy,

- too cramped,

- too benevolent,

- too in your face,

- too screwed up,

- too much vibration,

- too strong,

- too much timbre,

- too simplistic,

- too wacky,

- too distracted,

- too harsh,

- too thin,

- too much movements,

- too whipped-up drama,

- too wrong,

- too "too"

So NO Prince musical for me.

No.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)

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Reply #40 posted 06/20/24 7:15am

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The only musical I want to see is Glam Slam Ulysses

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Reply #41 posted 06/20/24 7:37am

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lustmealways said:

The only musical I want to see is Glam Slam Ulysses

That... wasn't particularly good either, was it?

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Reply #42 posted 06/20/24 7:37am

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olb99 said:

That... wasn't particularly good either, was it?

Mayhaps, but what I wouldn't give for a sequenced copy of all the songs/versions that were used with it...

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Reply #43 posted 06/20/24 10:08am

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lustmealways said:

olb99 said:

That... wasn't particularly good either, was it?

Mayhaps, but what I wouldn't give for a sequenced copy of all the songs/versions that were used with it...

It wasn't a musical, though, just a dance show.

A video release could be funny (though, from the reviews and what I saw on YT, it really wasn't very interesting), but the audio definitely would be a must.

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Reply #44 posted 06/28/24 9:56pm