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...music accompanying the play was poorly handled. Near the end of the play, the odd inspirational music during Zeus’ soliloquy on free people almost entirely drowns him out. Kurt Cobain??s musical appearance was another lamentable moment. The 90s rock star’s voice was distracting, not to mention, incongruous to the play’s mood. One was reminded that more casual doesn’t mean more modern...
...heroes and especially about that most enigmatic of rock idols, Stephen Joseph Malkmus.Like a resistance leader in Occupied France, Steve seemed to have realized that the only way to survive the fates of his heroes (“Monster”-era R.E.M. comes to mind) and contemporaries (Kurt Cobain??s death must have loomed large at the time) was to put his messages into code.Where the “Crooked Rain” outtakes depicted a songwriter eager to win over the whole world with his delicate sensibilities, the “Wowee Zowee” detritus...
...Laura, portrayed by the bland Jenn Colella, sleep with new people shortly after breaking up and concurrently sing about it—he, “I slept with someone who slept with Lyle Lovett” and she, “I slept with someone who handled Kurt Cobain??s intervention.” Besides lacking rhythm or aesthetic sensibility, the lyrics have no comic timing. Before the song even reaches its bridge, the jokes have been killed deader than the ballad’s titular grunge rock star...
...education: “King Saul fell on his sword…and Joseph’s brother sold him down the river for a song,” and finishes at what was presumably a central moment in a young songwriter’s growth, Kurt Cobain??s suicide...
Despite his incredible skill, Eminem has a lot to learn before he’s qualified to speak for anyone other than himself, and as far as I’m concerned, the void left by Cobain??s suicide remains unfilled...