Damn Live Theatre TV Commmericals...
For real. Is ANYONE enticed to the theater by these horrible television ads?
Protip: I don't care HOW famous your headliner is. They are going to look as though they're appearing in some one-horse community theater production of Our Town.
Case in point.
The new revival of Edward Albee's classic "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" Originally starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton...on FILM, this film details the crumbling farce of a marriage between two people who then force another couple (and the audience) to participate in whatever revenge fantasies (keyword fantasies) the two of them cook up at any given moment.
This new production stars Kathleen "Put your goddamned clothes back on" Turner and... some other guy. Turner has put on some extra weight, and her voice continues it's journey into Satan's asshole.
The line they choose to highlight:
"If you existed (pause pause pause for timing and setting up the joke) I'd divorce you. (insert knowing look at him that says "Go ahead, audience, you cna laugh because I, and strong women abusing their husbands, am hi-larious. And yes, you are watching Kathleen Turner on stage in Chicago you lucky sons of bitches."
Honestly. It makes me fucking cringe EVERY time I see it.
And don't even get me started on the shrieking that goes on during the Wicked ads these days. At least those, while annoying, stayed away from actual stage footage...for a while. Now we're on to the fucking Defying Gravity song...which, by the way, is the only goddamned good song in that whole show.
Point in short:
Live theatre footage looks like ass on tv. I'd be really curious to see what the numbers are on ticket sales after one of these abominations airs. Cuz maybe I'm wrong. But as soon as I see one of those things here's my feedback:
"Well, there's a show I WON'T be seeing,"
Happy Monday!!
Protip: I don't care HOW famous your headliner is. They are going to look as though they're appearing in some one-horse community theater production of Our Town.
Case in point.
The new revival of Edward Albee's classic "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" Originally starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton...on FILM, this film details the crumbling farce of a marriage between two people who then force another couple (and the audience) to participate in whatever revenge fantasies (keyword fantasies) the two of them cook up at any given moment.
This new production stars Kathleen "Put your goddamned clothes back on" Turner and... some other guy. Turner has put on some extra weight, and her voice continues it's journey into Satan's asshole.
The line they choose to highlight:
"If you existed (pause pause pause for timing and setting up the joke) I'd divorce you. (insert knowing look at him that says "Go ahead, audience, you cna laugh because I, and strong women abusing their husbands, am hi-larious. And yes, you are watching Kathleen Turner on stage in Chicago you lucky sons of bitches."
Honestly. It makes me fucking cringe EVERY time I see it.
And don't even get me started on the shrieking that goes on during the Wicked ads these days. At least those, while annoying, stayed away from actual stage footage...for a while. Now we're on to the fucking Defying Gravity song...which, by the way, is the only goddamned good song in that whole show.
Point in short:
Live theatre footage looks like ass on tv. I'd be really curious to see what the numbers are on ticket sales after one of these abominations airs. Cuz maybe I'm wrong. But as soon as I see one of those things here's my feedback:
"Well, there's a show I WON'T be seeing,"
Happy Monday!!
posted by LC Greenwood at 7:54 AM
3 Comments:
I TOTALLY agree. The ads for live theatre should stick to print or radio.
Oh yeah, and... (p)irates!
Your hatred is more advanced than mine, LC. I'm stuck hating basic stuff, like how annoying it is to be on year three of voiceovers that insist Wicked is a NEW musical.
It's not new anymore, it's been around since 2003. Wikipedia said so. Yet there it is, "BRAND SPANKIN' NEW", right in the logo. And you can be damned sure it'll stay there, too.
It'll be 2020 and they'll still be filling seats with mildly retarded fat tourists from Arkansas, all wanting to see "that thar NEW musical 'bout them witches." Idiots.
I agree, theatre looks like shit on tv. However, saw the Virginia Woolfe show the other night. It was awesome. And Bill Irwin, said "other guy," is truly talented. Kathleen was pretty good, better than I expected.
Still, stay off tv, live theatre ads.
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