Cinco DeNio

Ok @theworstbuddhist! (buddhist)

If people remember my comment during 1776 week, I wondered why soundtracks weren't released more often, especially for movies. Now I understand why, and why my stance was wrong. Performances, especially theater, are snapshots in time. The very nature of theater is ephemeral. The point is that every night can be different because it's a brand new performance of a work. The only way to capture a specific performance is to record it and recording is prohibitively expensive. As the Disney+ movie of Hamilton shows, even a recorded performance isn't a single performance. They recorded four or more performances and had the cast come in for close-ups and pick-ups. Any movie musical (like The Greatest Showman, for example) is combined of multiple takes so there still isn't one performance. On top of that, movie performances are often different than the released soundtracks. A stage musical like Les Miserables has a lot of interplay and filler that was left out of the soundtrack. Listening to the CDs still doesn't give a full performance. Watching a movie is inferior to listening to CDs because CDs can be listened to while doing other things. Watching a performance requires sitting in front of the screen and devoting a measure of attention to the performance. Yes, you can do other things while watching but you miss things or the impact can be lessened. Watching half-heartedly only works if you've seen the performance before. I have listened to the Hamilton CD soundtrack often in my car and couldn't watch it. Lastly, listening to a CD allows one's imagination to play. Like reading a book, a listener can fill their own picture of the characters, cast, scenery, etc. Watching a performance or movie limits the user to a certain vision. Give me recorded soundtracks any day now.

I watched it last night. My big problem is James' being so sure he was right at every turn, especially when his bandmates complained about not having been paid. He acted like they were being totally unreasonable when he was committing a breach of contract. His seeing Bobby Bird at the end rang a little hollow but I liked the look on his face at the very end. They skipped over "Living in America". I was surprised at that. That would have been a signature performance for Chadwick.

@grudlian, this is your 10-minute movie call.

Here is my room if anyone wants in before the 9:00 show.

Absolutely. I forgot the 7:00 one so I'm starting that now.

I'm doing Kast showings tomorrow night at 7 and 9 p.m. Eastern. The movie is fairly short, only 92 minutes long.

When I worked at Blockbuster I took a truck tire, dipped it in ink and rolled it over some paper. I sold the papers for $20 each as Optimus Prime autographs.

Now that we're in the preview week I have Get On Up: The James Brown Story on deck in tribute to Chadwick Boseman.

I know it's not a musical but I watched Brian's Song for the first time last night, as a Gale Sayers tribute. Very moving. I had no idea it started as a TV movie nor that it was so short in length! It's only 74 minutes. Does that mean there were 46 minutes of commercials or was it shown in a 90-minute time slot?

It's definitely my favorite but it's a small sample size. I've only seen this and Best in Show all the way through. Started on Waiting for Guffman but don't remember why I haven't finished it.

Justwatch says it's available on Hulu.

Awesome! I love this movie. I can do Kast viewings for people later this week.

I forgot to mention I met Joan Jett once. In 2000 they did a Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show and Joan played Columbia. (She did a guitar solo during Time Warp and moved out too far so the cable came unplugged from the amp.) After the show she came out to her car and signed autographs. I was the last one and asked her how a Broadway opening was different from a concert. She commented that she was used to having complete control when a concert was put on and she had to trust everyone else to do their jobs when she did Broadway. She was very cool.

I'm happy to do a Kast show (or shows) for people. I'll also do the 1999 filmed stage show if people want to see that. (Just found someone posted the 1999 film to Dailymotion.)

They're going to do the CATS movie that came out last year.

When did Backstreet leave in the first place?

Off-topic: The YouTube The Shows Must Go On channel is showing Fame this weekend, from Friday afternoon through Sunday sometime.

HDTGM just announced a live virtual event on October 9th.

There was a Neil Peart tribute concert on September 12th and there will be another this May. https://www.loudersound.com/news/neil-peart-tribute-concert-to-take-place-this-saturday

That is a genius performance. I also like him in Premium Rush.

I'll stay out for now. I'm still working my way through it. Had to take it in parts. One question I will ask. Did The Runaways have more than one hit? All the posters I've seen focus on Cherry Bomb.