Tuesday, 27 September 2011

A Musical theatre steak with a side order of Popcorn.

Before I get into it, I just want to take pride in how I fabulously succeeded in making the title of this post as cheesy and weird and dumb as possible. Let me reveal the thought process.
CHEESY= food.
TITLE+CHEESY= the title should reference food.
I know, genius.
...and also I kind of give an example through food/restaurants at the end of this post so yeah...
What can I say, I'm really hungry! This post is seriously delaying lunch for me. Ok, well now I shall start. Cue intense and scheming/plotting music. NOW-

Dearest Prince E,
                          Oh don’t worry little monster, I am definitely not saying that pop stars aren’t “trained”. But anyone can see that Musical theatre stars are trained a hell of a lot more. The pain and vigorous training that those dreaming of SINGING, ACTING and DANCING on stage go through can be described as nothing if not unbelievable. But sadly for me, you used Lady Gaga as an example of a Pop Star. And because of this, I cannot argue against you, for Lady Gaga is nothing if not a performer. Similarly to musical theatre stars, she acts, sings and dances up a storm. But pray tell, think of the other ‘pop stars’ which you so diligently left out. You merely brushed over the fact that some stars ‘lip sync’, but try going into that in detail and your argument will fall through.
After all, there is only one Lady Gaga. And you cannot leave out all the other pop ’sensations’.
OHMIGOSH I have so much in my mind that I could use to argue with you, but instead, I shall graciously move onto another topic.
I assume most people would know these shows: X-Factor, Australian Idol/American Idol/whatever country exists Idol, Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice. All of these shows are hunting for stars in the POP world. They are hosted by ’Pop experts’ and the people on the show are usually taken in as amateurs and then in a matter of months if not weeks, they become POP MEGASTARS!!!!
Really? I don’t think so. But you know what? It wouldn’t be too hard to believe that anyone could mould themselves into a mere pop star in a matter of weeks.
I ask myself, why is there no show called “So you think you can be in musical theatre?”. This is a question I have asked myself for years. Would I be the first to audition for such a show? Yes, yes I would.
But the truth is this will probably never happen. Why? BECAUSE IT TAKES YEARS OF VOCAL, DANCE AND ACTING TRAINING TO BE CAST IN A PROFFESSIONAL LIVE MUSICAL THEATRE SHOW and this cannot be taken lightly.
That’s a cold hard fact. Oh I wish it weren’t true, dear Prince, but it is. For I lied at the beginning of this rant. It turns out that I AM saying something about the training of Pop Stars. Or at least, of SOME pop stars.
Of course this does not include your Queen, Lady Gaga, so before you have a heart attack and begin to chant in gibberish, I want to say that we all know that GAGA is brilliant.
But think about it logically, imagine going to a restaurant which serves you music on a platter. You’re very hungry and basically want to order whatever takes the least amount of time. The chef offers you a dessert of Pop talent, easy to make. The recipe simply states that he must win a TV talent show.
…Or you can have an order of Musical theatre star. The recipe?
Well, that would take him years to recite.

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