Monday, October 26, 2009
Young Frankenstein
The award winning musical "Young Frankenstein" kicked off its national tour this past September in Providence, Rhode Island. "Young Frankenstein" is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder. After being on Broadway since November 2007 the production closed January 4th, 2009. This is a fantastic show, with 21 songs, and tons of hilarious jokes with great punch lines.The show beings with the villagers of Transylvania Heights celebrating the death of the not-so-loved Victor Frankenstein, news of his passing eventually gets back to America to Victors grandson Frederick Frankenstein. He then comes to Transylvania Heights and is urged to "Join the Family Business". After protesting to the Frankenstein castle's loyal servant Igor that he does not want to create terrifying monsters from scratch, he eventually learns how his grandfather did it and is intrigued and attempts to make one himself. The monster he creates is awoken and rampages through the town and after many attempts of teaching him right from wrong and how to speak, The Monster, Frederick, Igor and Fredericks assistant Inga put on a show to the towns people to prove that The Monster is indeed good and intelligent. The monster then becomes frightened by the lights in the show, he once again rampages and kidnaps Frederick’s fiancée Elizabeth, and surprisingly the pair of them fall in love. This was a great musical and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good laugh along with music, dancing and singing.
California
When one thinks of California, sunshine, beaches, glitz, glamour and money instantly come to mind. Though California may be the 8th largest economy in the world, its unemployment rate has been at its highest point in the past 70 years and the government is issuing many IOU’s. Frantic to pay off their budget deficit, the state is cutting spending in education and health care, and is being forced to lay off an enormous number of workers. The state has kicked tens of thousands of families out of their homes. The "Golden State" is now 24 billion dollars short of balencing their books and within weeks the state may run of out money even to pay for the most basic of bills. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s two-termed governor is now being viewed as a failure and his ratings have sinked very low. His plan to regain lost dollars is to continue cuting government spending, which will cut many programs to the poor. Millions of Californians will lose thier welfare and health care benefits and many prisons will be shut down causing non-violent criminals to be let back onto the streets. We will all have to wait and see if California can pull its self out of their deficit.
Fame remake
The 2009 remake of the classic movie "Fame" was realeased on September 25th, while many awaited for the premeire and enjoyed the movie, the original director wasn't to thrilled with it. In a recent interview, the current director of the remake, Kevin TancHareon, claimed he had asked the original director, Sir Alan Parker, about remaking the fim. He said they had "called him to tell him that they were going to remake his movie, and he was happy about it. He gave us all his blessings and just let us do it."
Apparently, this isn't true. Sir Alan Parker reported in an interview that "I have never had a single prone call from anyone - the studio, the producers - about this remake. No-one spoke to me about it...I feel very much that Fame is mine. I spent months with the kids at the school then spent a year making the movie. You do the work and make it as good as it can be, and you try to protect it. …Then, because the copyright is owned by the studio, as with almost all American feature films, they can do a remake like this. It's extremely galling. There is no other area of the arts where you can do that. …It's a bit like being mugged. Such are the realities of Hollywood manners and American copyright law."
Sir Alan Parker is considering legal action over MGM's use of the "Fame" logo, which is the only thing the studio dosen't have the rights to.
Apparently, this isn't true. Sir Alan Parker reported in an interview that "I have never had a single prone call from anyone - the studio, the producers - about this remake. No-one spoke to me about it...I feel very much that Fame is mine. I spent months with the kids at the school then spent a year making the movie. You do the work and make it as good as it can be, and you try to protect it. …Then, because the copyright is owned by the studio, as with almost all American feature films, they can do a remake like this. It's extremely galling. There is no other area of the arts where you can do that. …It's a bit like being mugged. Such are the realities of Hollywood manners and American copyright law."
Sir Alan Parker is considering legal action over MGM's use of the "Fame" logo, which is the only thing the studio dosen't have the rights to.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Young Frankenstein Review
The award winning musical "Young Frankenstein" kicked off its national tour this past September in Providence, Rhode Island. "Young Frankenstein" is based on The 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder. After being on Broadway since November 2007 the production closed January 4th, 2009.
This is a fantastic show, with 21 songs, and tons of hilarious jokes with great punchlines.
The show beings with the villager of Transylvania Heights celebrating the death of the not-so-loved Victor Frankenstein, news eventually gets back to America to Victors grandson Frederick Frankenstein, he then comes to Transylvania Heights and is urged to "Join the Family Buisness". After protesting to the Frankenstein castle's loyal servent Igor that he does not want to create terrifying monsters from scratch, he evenutally learns how his grandfather did it and attempts to make one himself. The monster he creates is awoken and rampages through the town and after many attemps of teaching him right from wrong and how to speak, The Monster, Frederick, Igor and Fredericks assistant Inga put on a show to the towns people to prove that The Monster is indeed good and intelligent. The monster then becomes frightened by the lights in the show, he once again rampages and kidnaps Fredericks finance Elizabeth, and surprisingly the pair of them fall in love. Frederick then attempts to create a brain transfer between the monster and himself, and it works, the monster becomes fully intelligent.
This was a great musical and I would definatly recomend it to anyone who loves a good laugh along with music, dancing and singing.
This is a fantastic show, with 21 songs, and tons of hilarious jokes with great punchlines.
The show beings with the villager of Transylvania Heights celebrating the death of the not-so-loved Victor Frankenstein, news eventually gets back to America to Victors grandson Frederick Frankenstein, he then comes to Transylvania Heights and is urged to "Join the Family Buisness". After protesting to the Frankenstein castle's loyal servent Igor that he does not want to create terrifying monsters from scratch, he evenutally learns how his grandfather did it and attempts to make one himself. The monster he creates is awoken and rampages through the town and after many attemps of teaching him right from wrong and how to speak, The Monster, Frederick, Igor and Fredericks assistant Inga put on a show to the towns people to prove that The Monster is indeed good and intelligent. The monster then becomes frightened by the lights in the show, he once again rampages and kidnaps Fredericks finance Elizabeth, and surprisingly the pair of them fall in love. Frederick then attempts to create a brain transfer between the monster and himself, and it works, the monster becomes fully intelligent.
This was a great musical and I would definatly recomend it to anyone who loves a good laugh along with music, dancing and singing.
Fame remake
The 2009 remake of the classic movie "Fame" was realeased on September 25th, while many awaited for the premeire and enjoyed the movie, the original director wasn't to thrilled with it. In a recent interview, the current director of the remake, Kevin TancHareon, claimed he had asked the original director, Sir Alan Parker, about remaking the fim. He said they had "called him to tell him that they were going to remake his movie, and he was happy about it. He gave us all his blessings and just let us do it."
Apparently, this isn't true. Sir Alan Parker reported in an interview that "I have never had a single prone call from anyone - the studio, the producers - about this remake. No-one spoke to me about it...I feel very much that Fame is mine. I spent months with the kids at the school then spent a year making the movie. You do the work and make it as good as it can be, and you try to protect it. …Then, because the copyright is owned by the studio, as with almost all American feature films, they can do a remake like this. It's extremely galling. There is no other area of the arts where you can do that. …
It's a bit like being mugged. Such are the realities of Hollywood manners and American copyright law."
Sir Alan Parker is considering legal action over MGM's use of the "Fame" logo, which is the only thing the studio dosen't have the rights to.
Apparently, this isn't true. Sir Alan Parker reported in an interview that "I have never had a single prone call from anyone - the studio, the producers - about this remake. No-one spoke to me about it...I feel very much that Fame is mine. I spent months with the kids at the school then spent a year making the movie. You do the work and make it as good as it can be, and you try to protect it. …Then, because the copyright is owned by the studio, as with almost all American feature films, they can do a remake like this. It's extremely galling. There is no other area of the arts where you can do that. …
It's a bit like being mugged. Such are the realities of Hollywood manners and American copyright law."
Sir Alan Parker is considering legal action over MGM's use of the "Fame" logo, which is the only thing the studio dosen't have the rights to.
Friday, October 9, 2009
California- Americas first failed state.
When one thinks of California, sunshine, beaches, glitz, glamour and money instantly come to mind. Though California may be the 8th largest economy in the world, its unemployment rate has been at its highest point in the past 70 years and the government is issuing many IOU’s. Frantic to pay off their budget deficit, the state is cutting spending in education and health care, and is being forced to lay off an enormous number of workers. The state has kicked tens of thousands of families out of their homes. The "Golden State" is now 24 billion dollars short of balencing their books and within weeks the state may run of out money even to pay for the most basic of bills.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s two-termed governor is now being viewed as a failure and his ratings have sinked very low. His plan to regain lost dollars to to continue cuting government spending, which will cut many programs to the poor. Millions of Californians will lose thier welfare and health care benefits and many prisons will be shut down causing non-violent criminals to be let back onto the streets. We will all have to wait and see if California can pull its self out of their deficit.
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