Re: Now that I have seen Oklahoma!...

I'm with you, Noel.  I liked what URINETOWN was trying to do, I loved the
staging, enjoyed some of the music, but those self-conscious jokes struck me
as largely unfunny and old hat.

Is anyone really surprised in 2003 to learn that what they're watching is a
stageplay, rather than real life?  This idea has been hammered into the
ground since Pirandello and before ... but I still thought a lot of talent
and smarts went into the show.
"Noel Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I have seen both Carousel and Urinetown, but I'm not quite sure how they
got in
> the same discussion.
>
> Urinetown makes fun of musical comedy conventions.  A typical joke is "We
can't
> give them too much exposition; this is, after all, a musical."  I think I
would
> have appreciated the show if I'd found any of its jokes remotely funny.
>
> There's plenty of good humor in Carousel, a show from a vastly different
era
> that concerns itself with the redemption of a rather imperfect man.  It
depicts
> a love story unlike any other love story with a wealth of wonderful
music.and
> just about everybody can identify with some aspect of the character's
lives.
>
>     http://www.weddingmusical.com
>
>