This was Disney’s next attempt to recapture the magic of its renaissance era after Enchanted set the new template, and if it fails to match the sheer splendor of such later efforts as Frozen and Moana, it is still on the whole a delightful and … [Continue reading]
Enchanted
This is the movie that serves as the real genesis for the second Disney renaissance. Granted, the film is about 80% live action, but all of the fundamental tropes that formed the basis for the modern Disney model were essentially pioneered here: the … [Continue reading]
Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical
Apparently the naysayers were wrong; it is in fact possible to spin shit into gold. This musical, for those who have been living under a rock, is based on an intolerably ubiquitous children’s cartoon that started out as another inane Ren and Stimpy … [Continue reading]
Mamma Mia
Mamma Mia is one of those shows that really shouldn’t work, yet somehow does. One can point out a thousand things wrong with it as a composition, but for some reason it plays extremely well and is undeniably an effective piece of theater in its own … [Continue reading]
School of Rock
Andrew Lloyd-Webber has had it rough these last twenty years, with five clear failures in a row (six if you count that idiotic idea of adding original songs to a revival of The Wizard of Oz), but as a longtime supporter and devotee, I always argued … [Continue reading]
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