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Friday, February 22, 2008
Spring Awakening: The Bitch of Something
First of all: Happy 100 Posts to Bits of Existence! Since we first started writing together in July of 2007, we’ve amassed 100 posts. Of that 100, 79 of the posts are mine, while 21 are Johnathan’s. Neither of us is surprised by this figure as it accurately represents our individual blogging habits. (Mine: prolific, his: occasional.)
On to my real reason for posting. Since Spring Awakening debuted in late 2006, I’ve been trying to decide whether I like it or not. I know, that’s a really long time to be up in the air about something as silly as that. On one hand, the music is nice. It’s catchy and memorable and despite myself, I get it stuck in my head. Believe me, it doesn’t happen purposefully. On the other, it’s definitely the new RENT, and while the songs are nice, they do nothing for the story. I had the good fortune to come upon a fairly good quality bootleg of the show (shhh!) and I did watch it through. It seemed to me that there would be story, then song, then story, then song. It didn’t blend together at all. The plot basically stops entirely for a song to come up, and then starts again once the song is over. It’s all well and good to have good music, but what’s the point if they do nothing to enhance the plot or further it? I still haven’t decided. I like the music, I think the kids are cute (and to me they do look like kids), and otherwise, they seem fairly nice (though who can really tell?).
This, however, is hilarious:
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I can’t decide if I should see Spring Awakening or not. The tour is coming to SF later this year…hmm…
GarfPooky — February 22, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
My personal opinion is don’t, and just listen to the soundtrack, but I do know that it was very well-received by the Tony voters and that a lot of people enjoy it. I can’t recommend it, though, if you like a cohesive musical where the songs actually have some other function than setting the mood and moving on. The concept doesn’t work for me. The music is good, though.
Laura — February 22, 2008 @ 8:59 pm