I'm so pleased to hear the production was excellent! I especially like the idea of Chagal's dread being taken seriously (and of course if vampires=capitalism, which is definitely the implication of the final song, then the struggle over "souls" becomes more meaningful - a soul isn't a relic of an outmoded belief system, it's a conscience and it has a function). Actually, it occurred to me after you first mentioned the Swiss production that what I really want to see is a production that takes Abronsius seriously, as a scientist fighting ignorance and irrationality but ultimately tripped up by his own hubris.
The film of Jesus Christ Superstar features a Jesus who looks like so like David Soul that for years I just assumed it was him. I suppose it's an "If the triangles had a god, he would have three sides" sort of thing.
How was the rest of your holiday? The weather didn't seem to be as bad as had been predicted, at least at this end of the country.
A production that focused seriously on Abronsius could be really interesting. The film parallels him more with Krolock than the musical does (though they could always reinsert that speech about their similarities!), but I think that you could still do a fair amount with what's there. Swiss Abronsius was younger and more energetic than usual, but still definitely on the comic side.
The rest of my holiday was great and I managed some very good walking. It had struck me that in winter the ski forecasts a few days out always promise more snow and colder weather than actually arrives, and that if this held true in summer as well I should be fine, which turned out to be more or less what happened. It was definitely early autumn, though, no glorious late summer flowering.
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The film of Jesus Christ Superstar features a Jesus who looks like so like David Soul that for years I just assumed it was him. I suppose it's an "If the triangles had a god, he would have three sides" sort of thing.
How was the rest of your holiday? The weather didn't seem to be as bad as had been predicted, at least at this end of the country.
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The rest of my holiday was great and I managed some very good walking. It had struck me that in winter the ski forecasts a few days out always promise more snow and colder weather than actually arrives, and that if this held true in summer as well I should be fine, which turned out to be more or less what happened. It was definitely early autumn, though, no glorious late summer flowering.