Sorry it's been a while since I've posted, what can I can say I have been out enjoying the beautiful weather getting tanned. First let me get this off my chest, I can't
believe the guy I couldn't stand as the Genie in Aladdin has now won a Tony,
ugh! Also from what I've seen on the Tony's I need to go see Neil Patrick
Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, like yesterday. His Tony performance was
AMAZING! (Ramin Karimloo may have lost fair and square as much as I was
blown away by his performance as Jean Val Jean back in January)
That being said, I am now cautiously
optimistic Disney musicals again after seeing the Lion King on June 7. They had
me from the giraffe costumes. (Not that I am biased because I love giraffes or
anything) They stayed true to the movie which is important to me -I watched it the day after- although I was
a little worried in the beginning of act two that they were going to have this
sub plot of Scar pursuing a grown up Nala, fortunately that wasn't the case. I
ended up watching the movie the next day. Sadly it seems I have lost my Lion
King soundtrack, I've got the case but not the CD. I think it is a good thing the music wasn't fresh in my head, I think that may have detracted from my enjoyment of Chicago because I had pre-watched the movie etc.
I was in the upper balcony of the no longer
to be torn down Princess of Wales Theatre (YAY!) so I didn't get to see any
costume detail up close. It was especially neat to see how the animals were done because I had gone to a zoo the week before and had seen Lion's and giraffe's up close. Anyway I bought a souvenir programme and couldn't believe
all the intricate beading and shell-work. The ingenuity and the amount of work
that went to everything was really impressive. There probably close to 150
costumes. I loved how the person wearing the giraffe costume was using stilts
for their hands and feet and their head became the base of the giraffes neck.I
still think the hyenas were well done and captured the hunched heads just like
the cartoon.
The staging itself was phenomenal. The
elephant grave yard scene I think would have been scary if I were a kid. The
way they handled the stampede scene was pretty cool. I don't even want to think
about all the time that went into making the wildebeest costumes. Julie Taymor
is a genius.
The cast was uber talented too. I though the
guy who played Scar was fantabulous. The delivery of Scar's snarky comments was
spot on just like in the movie. He was deliciously evil. He's my favourite.
Either
way after seeing Lion King I am willing to see another Disney musical. Right
now they are batting 50/50 that I'll like it. I am not overly familiar with
Newsies, so I wonder what I would think of that show... it is coming next year maybe I'll go.
June 19 marked 10 years since my Aunt Mel passed it is hard to believe it's been that long. So there was something I wanted to do when I saw Lion King, we have a picture of her in front of the Princess of Wales Theatre when she took her son to see Lion King, so I got my friends to take one of me. I guess it was my way of trying to feel close to her some how, that probably doesn't make much sense. I kinda wish I had remembered to pick the same spot, but the spirit is there.Here are the pics, Mel on the left and me on the right.
A couple weeks after Lion King I got to meet actor Adam Beach, a fellow aboriginal.There was a screening of one of his movies for National Aboriginal Day. It is a sad state of affairs that there aren't more prominent aboriginal actors out there, case in point I can't even name one prominent female native actor, Adam is one of the biggest. You would probably know him from the TV shows Arctic Air or Law and Order:SVU or the films Windtalkers and Smoke Signals. I didn't even find out about the screening until the morning of, definitely how I expected my day to turn out when I woke up!
The movie that was screen was an indie pic, with themes still relevant to aboriginal society today. There were 5 members of the cast there as well, which was neat, four of them signed my little flyer for the movie, and Adam signed my newly purchased copy of Smoke Signals. The Q&A after was really interesting. I found out all about Adam trying to bring the full movie theatre experience to remote reservations with pop up theatres. Also he is starting a film institute in Winnipeg. He's all around just a really cool guy, a little goofy and funny, not to mention easy on the eyes.. sigh. total crush. His mannerisms and speech remind me of my aboriginal relatives, a total 'nish not a Hollywood hotshot and I respect him all the more for it. His answer to the last Q&A question was "Yes, I'm single" even though that wasn't remotely what the question was. I will leave you with a pic of Adam and I.
June 19 marked 10 years since my Aunt Mel passed it is hard to believe it's been that long. So there was something I wanted to do when I saw Lion King, we have a picture of her in front of the Princess of Wales Theatre when she took her son to see Lion King, so I got my friends to take one of me. I guess it was my way of trying to feel close to her some how, that probably doesn't make much sense. I kinda wish I had remembered to pick the same spot, but the spirit is there.Here are the pics, Mel on the left and me on the right.
A couple weeks after Lion King I got to meet actor Adam Beach, a fellow aboriginal.There was a screening of one of his movies for National Aboriginal Day. It is a sad state of affairs that there aren't more prominent aboriginal actors out there, case in point I can't even name one prominent female native actor, Adam is one of the biggest. You would probably know him from the TV shows Arctic Air or Law and Order:SVU or the films Windtalkers and Smoke Signals. I didn't even find out about the screening until the morning of, definitely how I expected my day to turn out when I woke up!
The movie that was screen was an indie pic, with themes still relevant to aboriginal society today. There were 5 members of the cast there as well, which was neat, four of them signed my little flyer for the movie, and Adam signed my newly purchased copy of Smoke Signals. The Q&A after was really interesting. I found out all about Adam trying to bring the full movie theatre experience to remote reservations with pop up theatres. Also he is starting a film institute in Winnipeg. He's all around just a really cool guy, a little goofy and funny, not to mention easy on the eyes.. sigh. total crush. His mannerisms and speech remind me of my aboriginal relatives, a total 'nish not a Hollywood hotshot and I respect him all the more for it. His answer to the last Q&A question was "Yes, I'm single" even though that wasn't remotely what the question was. I will leave you with a pic of Adam and I.
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