{"id":285,"date":"2006-02-19T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-19T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/wordpress\/?p=285"},"modified":"2010-01-09T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T16:18:30","slug":"but-when-barrel-scraping-stage-musicals-became-known-to-more-and-more-people-the-demands-to-do-something-about-ben-elton-became-louder-and-louder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/2006\/02\/but-when-barrel-scraping-stage-musicals-became-known-to-more-and-more-people-the-demands-to-do-something-about-ben-elton-became-louder-and-louder.html","title":{"rendered":"But when barrel-scraping stage musicals became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about Ben Elton became louder and louder…"},"content":{"rendered":"
So it’s come to this. Lord knows there’s enough crappy musicals<\/a> plaguing the surfeit of fleapit theatres that infest London’s west end. Not content with Abba tribute shows, Queen tribute shows, Billy Joel tribute shows, and Joe Dolce tribute shows, the West End is racing to the bottom in a desperate bid to take more money from dazed tourists still punchdrunk from the currency exchange rate. I spotted this down the pub:<\/div>\n

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At first I thought, “Wow, two hours of Eagle Rock<\/a> played over and over”, but then I noticed the tiny print below the big title and my heart sank. Apparently it tells the story of a young man who hangs out with Rasputin, Ma Ba(r)ker, Ross Wilson and baby Jesus. Please note that it says “love and music”, not “love of music.”<\/div>\n
Previews start on 26 April, so hurry! Australians will eat this shit up too. Americans are less likely to get it<\/a> (in more than one sense).<\/div>\n
Worse still, it’s not just Boney M but other bands created by musical genius Frank Farian – this includes Milli Vanilli. Yes, the little blue flyer promises that punters will get to “Girl You Know It’s True”, but doesn’t mention that for the first time ever, you will actually see someone really sing it. Although this is true of all the blokey bits in Boney M’s oeuvre as well.<\/div>\n
It’s worth reading the interview with Farian<\/a> about the show, if only for the choice quote, “I can’t make a comedy, it doesn’t go with our songs.” More importantly, it reveals the Boney M no-one remembers, such as their mid-80s attempt at prog-rock, and the long lost TV special…<\/div>\n

which Farian says was called Boney M Lost the M. “What was the plot of that?” He shakes his head. “The story was Boney M lost the M. It was a very low-budget film.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Think about it: it failed to meet Frank Farian’s standards. I need to see this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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