[Mb-hair] advanced hairology

[skonig at cox.net]

You don't need to rework anything...the wheel has been invented and works perfectly well, thank you.

Beach Blanket Babylon in SF changed their show to fit the times...it worked for them...but not for HAIR.  It is a period piece that stands the test of time.

Would you want to repaint a Picasso?
> 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
> Date: 2005/09/26 Mon PM 10:16:29 EDT
> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
> 
> For Example; here is somethign you have to rework
> in my subjective opinion to make it work today
> 
> okay you got walking in space
> it has to be basically as it was
> but it has to make sense viscerally for todays audience
> remember the average is under 45
> 
> here are your problems
> given the number should still be about drugs etc
> ( i think the idea of the nude scene there works but
> i wouldnt want to lose the finale at the end of act one nude scene so i wouldnt opt for that )
> 
> but here are your problems;
> 
> you have to explain all this drama about smoking a joint
> 
> now maybe in the future things have gotten real conservative
> ?
> are they doing hard drugs?
> thats dangerous 
> grass is still considered cool
> but although there is an explosion in hard drug use
> the romance of it is gone
> people doing hard drugs are not seen as cool etc
> may turn off a lot of your audience
> if you have them basing etc
> 
> so what do you do about that?
> because you have to have the tension
> of the moment
> doors locked etc
> but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke a joint
> and we dont want our heros shooting up or doing crack or whatever
> although i understand there are hard drug illusions in the score etc
> 
> so what do you do?
> to keep the tension in the moment>?
> and not make it laughable to todays audience
> eg you want the same effect exactly the original scene
> had
> but how do you do that in a way that is viscerally resonant to todays audience in the same way that walking in space was viscerally resonant in the 60s, 70s and even very early 80s
> 
> stuff like that i feel must be attended to
> 
> i dont have an answer for that one yet
> its a mental problem i play with
> i know i would work it out in rehearsal
> but i dont have an answer to that one
> 
> stuff like that
> 
> r in the project pit
> 
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
Mb-hair mailing list
Mb-hair at islandlists.com
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair