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Post by Joseph Buquet on Aug 10, 2016 18:43:13 GMT
Saw this this afternoon. Where to start?? We were treated to:
1. Insulting and embarrassing stereotypes of Africa and Africans.
2. Heavy handed, holier-than-thou pseudo moralising through a series of trite and cliched, sanctimonious diatribes, eg 'there is so much corruption and famine out there. It's really bad.'
3. A totally incoherent narrative, which veers wildly from primary school pantomime to adolescent sleaze.
4. Michael Greco screeching the endless refrain 'my name gives me a a stiffy'. You might think I'm joking...
5. Michael messing up his lines and asking 'why have you made a deal with you?'.
6. The whole show being abruptly halted by a member of the backstage crew appearing and ordering the actors off stage, and telling the audience to remain seated, with no indication of what the problem was... Apart from the obvious... We wondered whether the backstage crew simply couldn't take anymore.
7. A scene in the romantic lead's flat which seemed to imply he either lived on the moon or had taken part in the space programme (never mentioned).
8. Niamh Perry repeatedly having to sing 'you can kiss my t*ts goodbye'. Not sure why.
9. Utterly painful puns combining tube stops with the 7 deadly sins. Covet Garden, Lusting Bec... You get the picture.
10. That picture of Vladimir Putin riding on a ritz cracker, which did the rounds on Facebook about 2 years ago "Putin on the ritz". Geddit??
11. Being hit over the head with the blunt club that was the heaven and hell puns which had the subtlety of a herd of buffalo.
12. A group of adults pretending to be naughty school children. Never good.
I could go on. In short, it's the best comedy we've seen for some time. Put some focus into getting tickets (I actually think that was a line in it).
DON'T MISS IT!!!
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Post by Snciole on Aug 11, 2016 14:51:56 GMT
How have you made me want to see this again, Joseph!? I had forgotten about the tacky tube stations. I think having a set which is based mostly around projection and video is a big mistake. We had to sit through that awful "Choose Life, hate life, shag life" song twice because the projections busted.
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Post by carmen on Aug 11, 2016 15:11:23 GMT
Saw this last night. The good points: the tunes - catchy and enjoyable, the cast - the very attractive lead in particular, and the choreography which is pretty impressive for a stage this size. The bad points: the book is just AWFUL staggering from one subject to another. If you want to see a musical which has a song about the moral implications of photographing dying children, to a lame sendup of papparazzi culture, and then to a quite frankly weird section about the seven deadly sins, then book now. I think the problem might lie here: Mike Dyer who is 'Executive Producer, Concept, Book, Lyrics & Music' - is it normal for a single individual to be responsible for all of this? Overall, enjoyable but bizarre. I went to see exposure last week, I totally agree with the above! Nice tunes, talented cast and impressive choreography, but the book was missing something. Interesting theme but expected it to be deeper, their approach appeared to be quite superficial |
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Post by Seriously on Aug 11, 2016 22:19:28 GMT
Their Twitter (which is basically the writer, taking on yet another role) is now trying to say that critics don't understand this kind of show, and it's for "the instagram generation".
They seem very proud of Brain McFadden having said "Blood brothers meets rocky horror meets something brand new!!!!!!".
57% off tickets from now until the final week.
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 12, 2016 6:23:55 GMT
Their Twitter (which is basically the writer, taking on yet another role) is now trying to say that critics don't understand this kind of show, and it's for "the instagram generation". They seem very proud of Brain McFadden having said "Blood brothers meets rocky horror meets something brand new!!!!!!". 57% off tickets from now until the final week. It was similar last week when Chris Moyles must have praised it. Not quite sure how they interpreted that as a sign it appeals to the young but they came up with the slogan "hated by the old, loved by the young!" or something like that. Really, they should have just gone down the route of plastering the one star reviews all over the theatre and packing the crowds in on the basis that this is so bad it's unmissable! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 18, 2016 21:52:40 GMT
"My name gives you a stiffy"
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Post by synchrony on Aug 19, 2016 9:48:48 GMT
Reading this made me shake with laughter. I totally want to see it now! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 19, 2016 10:02:02 GMT
Go. It's show we'll be taking about for years to come ...
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 19, 2016 10:10:24 GMT
I received an email about this earlier this week which described the show as "the best new show in the West End this summer!" They were also selectively quoting from some of their two star reviews, such as The Upcoming describing the show as “Visually impressive, musically excellent.” The full sentence this particular quote was taken from actually said: "Exposure The Musical sadly lurches from cliché to underdeveloped cliché, leaving this musically excellent score and a talented, engaging young cast somewhat adrift in a visually impressive yet altogether confusing sea of poorly-paced and sometimes bizarre creative choices."
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Post by synchrony on Aug 19, 2016 11:08:32 GMT
Go. It's show we'll be taking about for years to come ... Ha! Too bad that I'm in Edinburgh until then! I'll have to wait for the West End transfer/tour ;-) Is it worse than Paradise Found though, that is the question? |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 19, 2016 11:11:51 GMT
Paradise Found was far worse
This didn't plod ialong. It zipped but it was lacking in so many areas
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Post by Seriously on Aug 19, 2016 19:58:00 GMT
Latest tweet from the writer: "Dividing the critics,wowing its audience".
Did it divide the critics? I thought they were pretty unanimous!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 21:13:18 GMT
"[...] wowing its audience". "Wow, that was bad!" |
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Post by chrisorsomething on Aug 20, 2016 5:55:46 GMT
I'm seeing this tonight - I'm actually pretty excited. I LOVE horrendously bad shows as much as good ones. It's mediocrity I can't bear.
If this is anything like "Too Close to the Sun", "Behind the Iron Mask" or "The Far Pavilions" then I'm guaranteed a great night 😁
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Post by chrisorsomething on Aug 20, 2016 19:36:20 GMT
At the interval. It's absolutely brilliant. Hilarious. Everyone should see this!
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Post by daroca on Aug 20, 2016 21:51:18 GMT
At the interval. It's absolutely brilliant. Hilarious. Everyone should see this! I was there too. Act 1 was bearable. Come on act 2 is so bad. It's not even funny. I felt so sorry for a really talented cast having to perform in this. There are a few good songs, a few things that work but most of it is clique or just poor writing. |
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Post by stevej678 on Aug 20, 2016 22:22:28 GMT
At the interval. It's absolutely brilliant. Hilarious. Everyone should see this! I was there too. Act 1 was bearable. Come on act 2 is so bad. It's not even funny. I felt so sorry for a really talented cast having to perform in this. There are a few good songs, a few things that work but most of it is clique or just poor writing. The first 30 minutes or so of Act 1 is definitely the strongest part of the show. And then Michael Greco appears. Agree about feeling sorry for the rest of the cast. I saw the show before press night and even then at the curtain call several of the cast looked a bit awkward and embarrassed! One week to go! |
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Post by Seriously on Aug 20, 2016 23:13:57 GMT
Post matinee tweet from the composer, lyricist, book writer, producer, director, tweet master and "based on an idea by" guru:
"Two words to the critics: Full House".
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Post by andrew on Aug 20, 2016 23:34:08 GMT
To be fair to him, it is really difficult to fill a 312 seat theatre on a Saturday during the summer holiday using over sixty percent discounted tickets and with a healthy boost from a certain club we don't name. Credit where it's due.
And actually now I think about it that credit would be with the box office staff.
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Post by Seriously on Aug 21, 2016 1:12:44 GMT
To be fair to him, it is really difficult to fill a 312 seat theatre on a Saturday during the summer holiday using over sixty percent discounted tickets and with a healthy boost from a certain club we don't name. Credit where it's due. And actually now I think about it that credit would be with the box office staff. (Desperately wondering which club you mean?) |
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Post by andrew on Aug 21, 2016 1:27:06 GMT
(Desperately wondering which club you mean?) Not that it's related to this thread or production at all, but I would just say that the first rule of comp club would be that you don't talk about comp club. |
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Post by Seriously on Aug 21, 2016 2:55:53 GMT
Frankly, "Comp club" sounds like a much better musical. DON'T TELL ANYONE!!!!!
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Post by Seriously on Aug 26, 2016 23:25:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 5:36:21 GMT
I think that's where the audience is driven to seppuku. (And I think we now have a phrase to use when the entire audience seems united in its lack of appreciation for a production.) |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 27, 2016 6:28:33 GMT
In our awards* is this going to win turkey of the year ?
* anyone ever get round to organising them?
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