"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
I see a lot of comedic potential here. The commercialised tendencies of Broadway are always easy targets. Poking fun at Tootsie seems like an especially good idea, particularly if they find something interesting to say about the problematic aspects of the production and it’s premise. I also hope they take advantage of Fontana’s Frozen infamy and include that in the parody...
The likes of Frozen, The Cher Show and Beetlejuice will also lend themselves to plenty of laughs. However, some aspects of them will be harder to parody. We have all heard our fair share of “Let It Go” parodies - will “Let It Blow” bring anything unique? Alex Brightman’s tendency to break the fourth wall as Beetlejuice makes parodying him harder (how do you expose the flaws of someone who is already self-aware?) but there will be plenty of opportunities to exaggerate this trait or put it in a more unusual context...
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Posted: 8/22/19 at 8:08pm