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Is it intended to be a pure musical? I always thought it was a strong hybrid.
I saw this show maybe 6 years ago ... hey that that's long enough I could see it again ... that show may not have been the exact same. The costumes in this show are sexier than in other dance shows, but really they show almost the exact same amount of skin. Those other shows act like the tease isn't there, while this one's all about it.
I said this last year too, but since they changed Simplicity to have an actual college degree, make her say medical stuff. Don't make her an Asian Philosophy major, with some unlikely phrase and when the doctor asks what does it mean she goes "I don't know"
Just have her be smarter than him, its okay for women to be smarter. But also like get rid of the Asian philosophy stuff cause it sounds pretty racist. Cause first of all its to poke fun at "Women don't get real degrees", and to go along side y'all just made something up to sound Asian to get to the next song. Asian culture isn't there for you to just butcher like that. Stop. It. A simple fix would be she has a medical degree she says something a doctor would say and when he doesn't understand she just goes "Let me put this into words you understand". Done. Boom. I fixed your problem, not racist, not sexist, and its funnier because he's the one who's supposed to be in charge and he's the one getting the lesson.
Also Its 2018 fat jokes are still not funny. And fat jokes, even if they did work, they don't when the actor who's playing the supposed fat character isn't fat. Swampy's costume was hanging off of him last night. and it was not a good look.
EDIT: Also to add to Simplicity being smarter than the doctor, it would be a nice nod to Frankenstein, as Victor Frankenstein was a baby who thought he was better than everyone at medical school and dropped out and built a person. That's right Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein himself, doesn't actually have a doctor's degree in anything. He's a whiny baby who thought he was always right and then abandoned his creation when it came to life.
Just have her be smarter than him, its okay for women to be smarter. But also like get rid of the Asian philosophy stuff cause it sounds pretty racist. Cause first of all its to poke fun at "Women don't get real degrees", and to go along side y'all just made something up to sound Asian to get to the next song. Asian culture isn't there for you to just butcher like that. Stop. It. A simple fix would be she has a medical degree she says something a doctor would say and when he doesn't understand she just goes "Let me put this into words you understand". Done. Boom. I fixed your problem, not racist, not sexist, and its funnier because he's the one who's supposed to be in charge and he's the one getting the lesson.
Also Its 2018 fat jokes are still not funny. And fat jokes, even if they did work, they don't when the actor who's playing the supposed fat character isn't fat. Swampy's costume was hanging off of him last night. and it was not a good look.
EDIT: Also to add to Simplicity being smarter than the doctor, it would be a nice nod to Frankenstein, as Victor Frankenstein was a baby who thought he was better than everyone at medical school and dropped out and built a person. That's right Victor Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein himself, doesn't actually have a doctor's degree in anything. He's a whiny baby who thought he was always right and then abandoned his creation when it came to life.
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This and the new one about parallel parking are the ones that get me. When the doctor says the latter, he sometimes has the classic look of "Please don't boo me; I didn't write this."
As for the fat joke: the doctor used to call him "the creature from the back lagoon." What was wrong with that?
Also, I think they should change the line where the doctor tells the she-wolf to "sit." I think the way she gets snippy with him about that word feels very awkward. There would be no reason for that if he just said: "stay over there." I don't like them playing up both the doctor and Igor as being sexist. I just don't find the humor in that.
It was indeed the lead from Britmania. He is a swing. He is also a Dr Freakenstein veteran, so quite comfortable performing it. The other Dr Freakenstein is the "normal" performer. The vampire is also a regular. He has been here for Britmania, Killarney Village Band, Night Beats band, and other seasonal music performances.
This year’s doctor (not the swing we see often, the new guy) is unbeLIEVably bad. The only part he does well at all is the “you’re gonna love me” but even that goes on too long and is “borrowed” from a guy a few years back. He can’t act, he doesn’t project, he prances around the stage and then we are supposed to buy that he’s attracted to the nurse bent over? He also had no chemistry with Igor which... seems impossible because Igor is awesome. There aren’t enough words to describe how short this doctor falls of pulling off that part.
The creature is also pitiful this year.
And I completely agree with what someone else said earlier. What’s the point of the line about simplicity having a difficult college degree if she just follows it up with “duh I dunno”. Awful.
Sorry I’m not usually so critical of the individual performers, and I know they general deserve a lot of credit, but man this show was rough this year. Doctor has to carry the show.
On a good note, the vampire might be the best I’ve ever seen for the part. He was incredible
The creature is also pitiful this year.
And I completely agree with what someone else said earlier. What’s the point of the line about simplicity having a difficult college degree if she just follows it up with “duh I dunno”. Awful.
Sorry I’m not usually so critical of the individual performers, and I know they general deserve a lot of credit, but man this show was rough this year. Doctor has to carry the show.
On a good note, the vampire might be the best I’ve ever seen for the part. He was incredible
i dont think he's that bad but your point is well taken. much better performers in the past. Nurse simplicity might answer "i didn't say i passed/graduated the course " I do like the She Wolf as a change from the male wolf caracter from the past years. Vampire is good. swampy could use a little more of his voice .
Eye-Gore is always on the mark. I hope he is in Scrooged no More this christmastown again
Eye-Gore is always on the mark. I hope he is in Scrooged no More this christmastown again
Can somebody please explain the "Kiki" joke to me? I've been told it's from an Usher song, but I don't get it.
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I went through my yearly one show last week if anything its gotten worse with the only plus being the female wolf. For the love of God BGW please kill it off.
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Yeah, this show hit its expiration date a couple years back. It’s been pretty stale, but it doesn’t have to be this bad. If they bring it back next year, I at least hope they’ll return to a doctor who at least had some brooding presence. Yes, it’s a theme park show, and the way it’s written there’s always going to be some “campiness” to it. But Igor is already very campy, the show doesn’t work at all when the doctor is trying to outcamp Igor. His lines are pretty bad too, but the character works better if the silliness of his lines is an ironic contrast to his behavior vs just actually being a goof. He should seem like he’s taking himself seriously and let Igor be the comic relief. Find humor in how much he actually wants to succeed in experiments instead of just trying to pull laughs out of every line
the name kiki is from a Drake song called In My Feelings. it was kind've a meme thing recently to dance to that song next to your moving car
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Lol that’s another Drake joke from the song “Hotline Bling”!