So there’s a Spiderman Musical in production. “Wow!”, you might think. “Comic Books and Musicals! Now there’s a gay marriage I can support.”
Ha ha! Good one, you.
But, careful. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
Lurking beneath the innocuous coupling of superheroes and musical theater is something destined to turn an otherwise-happy gay nuptual into a full-blown (so to speak) flaming ménage à trois: A score by Bono and The Edge.
From the producers, [via SPIN.com]:
“Spider-Man’s battles will hurtle the audience through an original story both recognizable and unexpected — yielding new characters as well as familiar faces — until a final surprising confrontation casts a startling new light on this hero’s journey.”
The precise nature of Spidey’s “surprising confrontation” and the “startling new light” it will cast remain a mystery.
Doubtless, however, is that whatever transpires during the climax will be accompanied by a show-stopping choral rendition of “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.”
Budget for the show is $40M— enormous, yes. But a small price to pay for a combination of three all-time artistic lows.
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