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albadgerJohn Waters suggests Pink Flamingos as an opera
And it's not wrong because of the property, it's wrong because of the state of modern opera. Project after project, good idea or bad idea, and the result is always the same -- 3 hours of tuneless, thickly scored arioso, more or less movie music slathered over people singing what they could be saying with more impact. Pink Flamingos might actually make a great opera, but in 1909, not 2009.
Otoh, let Marc Shaiman loose on it, shove it onto Broadway, and kick ass! Getting the dog to perform on cue might be a problem, of course.
And it's not wrong because of the property, it's wrong because of the state of modern opera. Project after project, good idea or bad idea, and the result is always the same -- 3 hours of tuneless, thickly scored arioso, more or less movie music slathered over people singing what they could be saying with more impact. Pink Flamingos might actually make a great opera, but in 1909, not 2009.
Otoh, let Marc Shaiman loose on it, shove it onto Broadway, and kick ass! Getting the dog to perform on cue might be a problem, of course.
