I'll even quibble with saying it's one of his weirder efforts. I mean, we're talking about a man who's written musicals about the opening of Japan (Pacific Overtures), murderous barbers (Sweeney Todd), A reunion of former follies girls (Follies), and... um... whatever the heck Anyone Can Whistle was about (I wrote a paper in college where I tried to prove it was really about quantum mechanics, but I'm not sure that's really the case...).
I, personally, thought that Assassins was a brilliant work. I mean, "Everybody's got the right to be happy". And the recent revival had Dougie Howser! And the music... it's wonderful. I mean, yes, it's disturbing subject... but it really works as a musical in a way that's not intrinsically obvious.
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Re: "The Assassins"
Date: 2005-07-06 01:02 am (UTC)I think you meant to say "terrific" above :-)
I'll even quibble with saying it's one of his weirder efforts. I mean, we're talking about a man who's written musicals about the opening of Japan (Pacific Overtures), murderous barbers (Sweeney Todd), A reunion of former follies girls (Follies), and... um... whatever the heck Anyone Can Whistle was about (I wrote a paper in college where I tried to prove it was really about quantum mechanics, but I'm not sure that's really the case...).
I, personally, thought that Assassins was a brilliant work. I mean, "Everybody's got the right to be happy". And the recent revival had Dougie Howser! And the music... it's wonderful. I mean, yes, it's disturbing subject... but it really works as a musical in a way that's not intrinsically obvious.