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...boasts Broadway talent galore, beginning with Michael Crawford, the first Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Opera; here he plays all the lead male roles. The show has glorious sets by Tony luminary David Mitchell (Barnum, Annie) and 500 phantasmagorical costumes by Theoni Aldredge (A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls). Among the contributors to its original score is, well, Don Grady, whose first eminence was as the hunkiest of Fred MacMurray's three TV sons but who now writes lush, hummable ballads. Finally, EFX has that cosmic expanse of spirit, that lift of a driving dream, that wily, woozy pretentiousness, that have...
Despite its apparent fragmentation, Chelsom's directing soaks the film in an amibiance of insanity and tragicomedy, with the assistance of assorted morgues, haunted houses, circus tents and chorus girls. His unconventional and unsettling angles clutch the viewer in a graphic documentary style. A soundtrack of Bayou blues and French sailor songs as forgotten as the stage acts they accompany complements the screen action, and assures "Funny Bones" a place in the cult film firmament...
...soulful My Love Is with You ends with the chant "Ban the handgun." The anthemic yet prayerful title track, Conversation Peace, rages against ethnic cleansing, slavery and the Holocaust. "There's no chance of world salvation," sings Wonder, "'less the conversation's peace." And even the poppy, sing-along chorus of Take the Time Out--"Take the time out to love someone/ Reach your arms out and hug someone"--belies the fact that the verses are about lost souls caught up in the vicious circle and circling viciousness of hunger, homelessness and drugs...
...album gets off too a fast and strong start with the Mephiskapheles' catchy little ditty "Doomsday." The next song, "Too Stoopid," by Mustard Plug is one of the funniest songs on the album. With a chorus of "I wanna love you but you're too damn stoopid/ I wanna love you but you're just plain dumb," it is clear that Mustard Plug is a band that unlike so many bands does not take themselves too seriously and enjoys making fun music...
...enough to watch the musical "Sunset Boulevard." One of the most moving songs in the entire show is entitled "New Ways to Dream." It's a song about how pioneers in the motion picture industry gave the world novel ways of thinking about their own lives and experiences. The chorus of the song is quite moving: "We gave the world / New ways to dream." If I could change that song in honor of the BGLAD days, it would read as follows: "Lesbians gave the world / New ways to love...