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litheraDamn it.
I just spit tea on my monitor and almost through my nose.
Let me tell you why.
Fight Club the Musical.
Seriously.
Apparently Chuck Palnihuk did a reading at UW last night and fielded a question about it.
Now, we get to the part where there was projectile tea.
David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently in negotiations. (If it ever gets off of the ground, mind you. There is funding... and... not much else.)
To quote the source: "Chuck went on to say that most of the stuff they do with his writing he doesn't care about; he says he can't really control how the studios fuck with his characters or themes, so he just accepts the checks and goes on his way... BUT, he did say that he'd be personally involved in just about anything if he got to work with both Reznor and Fincher on the project (he said he'd even do "Fight Club on Ice" if that's what it took)."
Now, I never expect this to see the light of day but the sheer idea of it... I had to share - for laughs or for ... whatever else this could inspire.
I just spit tea on my monitor and almost through my nose.
Let me tell you why.
Fight Club the Musical.
Seriously.
Apparently Chuck Palnihuk did a reading at UW last night and fielded a question about it.
Now, we get to the part where there was projectile tea.
David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently in negotiations. (If it ever gets off of the ground, mind you. There is funding... and... not much else.)
To quote the source: "Chuck went on to say that most of the stuff they do with his writing he doesn't care about; he says he can't really control how the studios fuck with his characters or themes, so he just accepts the checks and goes on his way... BUT, he did say that he'd be personally involved in just about anything if he got to work with both Reznor and Fincher on the project (he said he'd even do "Fight Club on Ice" if that's what it took)."
Now, I never expect this to see the light of day but the sheer idea of it... I had to share - for laughs or for ... whatever else this could inspire.
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*Laughs*
Date: 2004-07-01 09:49 am (UTC)I'd pay to see that.
Heck, I'd even prereg.
(Still a bit dubious about the notion of a musical)
That reminds me of this:
Date: 2004-07-01 10:32 am (UTC)The words currently being spoken by Royal Shakespeare Company actors from the stage of the Barbican Theatre are not words the Bard of Stratford would have recognized as any form of English.
Droogs. Viddy. Rassoodock. Real Horrorshow.
But devotees of Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel, "A Clockwork Orange," and the 1971 movie of the book by Stanley Kubrick, will be familiar with the language-a teen-age slang called "nadsat," devised by Burgess from elements of English and Russian. In this strange tongue, "droogs" are friends, to "viddy" is to see, "rassoodock" is the mind and "horrorshow," surprisingly, means really good. Two decades after the movie's violence precipitated heated and widespread controversy in Britain, the work-its title now amended by Burgess to "A Clockwork Orange 2004"-is being produced as a play with background music, for the first time by a major company.
It has given the Royal Shakespeare Company a huge hit. Despite chilly reviews, not a ticket is to be had between now and the end of its run in mid-March-an ironic circumstance, given the RSC's serious financial predicament (see accompanying box). Its success at the Barbican would seem to stem from its appeal to young people who rarely attend the theater. From out of the woodwork, "A Clockwork Orange" has brought to the Barbican audiences far too young to remember the controversy over the work, but apparently familiar with Burgess' book and Kubrick's movie-even though the film has not been available on video in England and received only a limited film distribution originally.
Then again, part of the production's popularity may arise from director Ron Daniels' decision to commission music for "A Clockwork Orange 2004" from two of the world's best-known rock musicians, Edge and Bono from U2.
Re: That reminds me of this:
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Date: 2004-07-01 03:27 pm (UTC)"Julius Cesar: The Musical One-Man Production," Starring William Shatner.
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Date: 2004-07-01 05:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-02 07:00 am (UTC)Here's Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon:
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Date: 2004-07-02 07:52 am (UTC)It is so odd to have someone dealing to me. So strange. He's got the look. I can say that.
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Date: 2004-07-02 08:07 am (UTC)And, you know, I am forever your good and faithful servant.
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Date: 2004-07-02 08:15 am (UTC)I think it's awesome. Do you mind if I repost it?
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