Buh-bye LOTR
Friday, June 30, 2006
My relationship with the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings has been an uncomfortable one at best. It all started with the initial announcement back in April of 2005, and the necessary changes to any and all documents that I was currently working on for Toronto's tourism board. Everything needed an LOTR mention.
Which would have been simple, but the overseeing production company insisted that we only use their verbiage - which included the word "unmissable".
Still, I did get to see the show. For free! And the DH and I had a pretty good time, despite a few delays (it was still in previews) and two intermissions. (The current running time is still close to 4 hours.)
But I know the real reason why the show is ending it's run early: the wine gums.
When The Phantom of the Opera had taken over Toronto so many years ago, a big part of the appeal were the mask-shaped wine gums. For LOTR no such shapely snacks were offered, leaving fans wanting.
The mousepads and T-shirts were lovely, but they really don't compare to ring-shaped wine gums, do they?
Obviously the theatre-loving public agrees with me, hence the September 3 closing date. We'll see if the show can make it until then.
Which would have been simple, but the overseeing production company insisted that we only use their verbiage - which included the word "unmissable".
Unmissable (n): a made-up word describing an extremely long stage production which cost over $27 million dollars to bring to the stage.
Still, I did get to see the show. For free! And the DH and I had a pretty good time, despite a few delays (it was still in previews) and two intermissions. (The current running time is still close to 4 hours.)
But I know the real reason why the show is ending it's run early: the wine gums.
When The Phantom of the Opera had taken over Toronto so many years ago, a big part of the appeal were the mask-shaped wine gums. For LOTR no such shapely snacks were offered, leaving fans wanting.
The mousepads and T-shirts were lovely, but they really don't compare to ring-shaped wine gums, do they?
Obviously the theatre-loving public agrees with me, hence the September 3 closing date. We'll see if the show can make it until then.
posted by Bonnie Staring at 11:00 AM
3 Comments:
I can't imagine how painful watching LOTR acted out on a stage would be. Even with the finest of snacks.
I barely would have made it through the movies without the special effects. And I never have actually made it all the way through the third book.
Give me The Hobbit over LOTR anyday.
Oh, the stage production did include some major special effects. The stage was a work of art in itself - it contained 17 elevators that raised and lowered rapidly throughout the show.
DH and I sat there waiting for someone to fall off. No one did. Rats.
i saw phantom in the early 90's and still think about those wine gums. i actually stopped eating wine gums after that as i couldn't find any as good. i am going to new york soon and noticed phantom is still playing there, so i went to the website to see if they still have them! would i go just for wine gums? no, but i might stop by the gift shop if there is one.
ps i saw lotr in toronto and thought it was quite good
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