What Is It With Men And Musicals?
I was totally excited to see that a Hollywood movie version of Sweeney Todd (The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street) is being released for the Christmas holidays, I guess as a sort of antidote for the usual sentimental seasonal madness. It has been one of my favorite musicals ever since PBS showed the original London West End production back in the early 80's, starring Angela Lansbury (pre-Murder She Wrote) as the vicious Mrs. Lovett. It's extremely violent and nasty, but beautifully scored by Stephen Sondheim....a definite win/win all around in my opinion.
So I'm telling The Husband, who had never heard of it, all about it; I describe the basic plot (bloody vengeance) and reveal that it stars the always fascinating Johnny Depp, and he is making all the right interested noises ... until he finds out it's a musical. At that point, he signs off on it stating bluntly "I don't do musicals" and informs me that no persuasion on my part will ever change his mind.
What IS it with guys and musicals? Many years ago, my ex-husband, The Wanker, somehow managed to get tickets to see Les Miserables (at that time starring Michael Ball, which was a big deal) in London and actually sat next to me for a good fifteen minutes of the show before he leaned over and whispered to me, "Are they really going to sing through the whole thing?". When I confirmed that yes, it's a musical dummy, he said "I'll be back in a minute" and got up and left. I finally found him again during the interval, 45 minutes later, sitting in the bar quite drunk and extremely unwilling to go back into the theater for the second act. Ah, fun times, fun times....
But anyway, I am determined to see it (with or without The Husband in tow) and here is the trailer, which looks brilliant.
5 comments:
I LOVE musicals. Most of my favorite movies are musicals. Maybe men can't suspend reality long enough to enjoy a song in the midst of a story.
Nah - they just can't appreciate the creativity.
I'm with the guys on this one....never liked them, never will.
But I will endure them for that someone special! (a woman will do that)
Wanker, thats a good one!
i don't usually like musicals but there are some i will see. Sweeny Todd being one. Just remind them if they liked the Wizard of Oz, or Rocky Horror Picture Show. That might sway them. But unfortunately i still have to go alone if i want to see it lol
I can't stand to be watching a movie or a play(which is more acceptable and tolerated)to suddenly have everyone break out into a dam song.
"You were just about to shoot each other W.T.F. is there to sing and dance about!!!!! Shoot each other already and be over with it!!!!!"
Something goes dead inside a man when that happens. Your chest starts to get tight like you're having an asthma attack, heart attack, or a stroke(kinda fells like all 3). We sorta want to crawl into a fetal position in a DUSTY, SPIDERWEBBED corner until it's all over.
Rather than feel like that, we just avoid 'em altogether.
"WITH GREAT PASSION AT ALL TIMES."
Plus we think they are gay(unless you are gay then you love 'em). "Faggetty" is the term we like to use most.
Hope that gives you a clear answer to your question.
Well gosh Boo, that really does answer my question - and with more impassioned detail that I ever expected, ROFL.
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