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Star Wars (all six episodes including the Clone Wars cartoons!), or maybe Das Boot as musicals would be cool...nt

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In Reply to: RE: MOBY DICK as a musical....nt posted by grhughes on December 27, 2008 at 09:13:30

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Imagine, "Springtime for Hitler" sung in frogman suits... - mpathus 21:10:37 12/27/08 (0)
...as the new musical "That Boat", directed by Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties).

Oh the humanity.
RE: Star Wars (all six episodes including the Clone Wars cartoons!), or maybe Das Boot as musicals would be cool...nt - Cosmic Closet 14:01:39 12/27/08 (0)
"Das Boot" as a musical, now there you go. I can just imagine Jurgen Prochnow doing a little jig before the British destroyer attack, singing a re-worded version of "Under the Sea." BOOM.

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Or maybe DEEP THROAT as a musical and - grhughes 12:46:22 12/27/08 (2)
let's not forget DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRLY BOMBS. I was serious about Melville. This book is sonorous. It is written in a Puritan argot and reading it is almost like poetry. With modern CGI special effects and a very good musical oriented cast from Broadway, it could be something special. It would have to be greatly stylized almost like sailor chants and work songs. John Houston tried in the early fifties and swore that God was against him. Ray
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright
- Sounds more like opera (Mody Dick, not Deep Throat!). (nt) - rditmars 16:15:57 12/29/08 (1)
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  - Maybe, sort of.... - grhughes 08:29:12 12/30/08 (0)
    I was thinking Puritan Gothic. The early New England, New Bedford, but Americana and steeped in religious symbolism. Not so much dance numbers but work songs similar to the ditch digging scene in OUR DAILY BREAD by King Vidor. And Ahab's stump pacing, sounding out a dull cadance, only coming out in moon lite. And all male acapella choir in 6 track surround. The book is an all male happening except for the congregation at Father Maple's sermon and the farewell at the dock. But modern CGI could really impact the whale and ship at sea scenes. Casting would be very critical. GRH
    "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright

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