The late George Carlin used to do a routine about urinals, which he would preface by admitting that if you found yourself talking about urinals, you'd probably missed some more important topic along the line. Similarly, the news that the Los Angeles Opera is staging a new opera based on The Fly suggests that there must have been SOMETHING else that should have been converted to song and stage first.And yes, we're talking about the David Cronenberg movie, the one where Jeff Goldblum morphs into a decaying insectoid monster. Okay, if forced to, I could probably come up with some kind of comparison between Brundle and Faust, but it would certainly be a struggle. The whole thing is vaguely reminiscent of the Simpsons episode where Troy McClure stars in the musical adaptation of Planet of the Apes - although probably not intended to be funny.
- Sid
Yes, but think, this may also mean that there is a possibility, that there is yet the teeniest glimmer of hope for somebody to decide to have the Warner Brother's Bugs Bunny cartoon "What's Opera, Doc?" performed, you guessed it, as an actual opera. Wouldn't that be a gas.
ReplyDeleteTHEY'D SCREW IT UP!
ReplyDeleteAnd, anticipating your response:
THEY'D SCREW IT UP!!
- Sid
Who knows? Maybe an opera version of The Fly will be wildly popular and go on a North American tour! Tell me that you wouldn't go and see it if it came to Vancouver :-)
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