Darkness Breaks: A Sequel to Phantom? NO!!!
Say it isn’t so, Andrew.
Looks like Ben Elton, Glen Slater (of the Little Mermaid) and Sir Lloydd-Webber will be teaming up to pen a sequel – yes, that’s right, a sequel – to Phantom of the Opera.
While I have great faith in the talents of all three, this is much like Michael Bolton covering When a Man Loves a Woman – no matter how good it is, it isn’t needed. Why can’t they create something new? Why don’t they have the security in their talent to not have to capitalize on the success of past hits?
Perhaps that’s what happened. Maybe they had a musical they wanted to make, and there just wasn’t enough backing, so they decided to pitch it as a sequel to Phantom and suddenly it was a sure-fire money maker.
Nah. I think it’s just laziness. Why think of something new when you can just cash in on the old?
Speaking of the old cashing in on the new, I’m not sure yet when Neil Diamond will be on American Idol, Krini, but I’ll keep an eye out and post it here as soon as I find out. Thanks for the comment!
Image details: Brit Awards 2008 – Outside Arrivals served by picapp.com
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