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There is no Jekyll, only Hyde
I think one of the most damaging things you can do to yourself is to read The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Having read that, my rigid little mind can't accept people pronouncing Jekyll "jeck-ull" (it's "jeek-ull") or conveying Hyde as a huge green monster, and it makes me completely insane. Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!
I saw Jekyll & Hyde today at the Croswell Opera House and was extremely disappointed because a) it wasn't anything like the book, b) it wasn't very well written, and c) it wasn't a very good production. This was a shame because I got so frustrated at the divergence from the book that partway through the first act, I had to convince myself that it was a completely different play, loosely related to the Jekyll and Hyde story. But even doing that, the songs were weak, there was at least one completely pointless major character, the singers weren't in unison, the accents were bad, and the spotlights often completely missed the singer. Once I convinced myself that they hadn't purposely lit Hyde with a green spotlight so that he looked like the Incredible Hulk, he still looked like the Wicked Witch of the West.
It was horrible horrible horrible and, as is to be expected, the audience gave it a standing ovation. Swing was probably the only thing in the past four years that they haven't given a standing ovation, and it was the only one I liked. The Croswell audience is full of blue-haired CRACKHEADS.
Thank you for allowing me this moment to vent. There's nothing for a case of blogger's block like a big dose of Something To Rant About.
srah - Sunday, 3 August 2003 - 10:09 PM
Tags: books, croswell opera house, music, theatre
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Comments (22)
denzylle - August 4, 2003 - 4:29 AM - ℓ
Jeek-ull would be the way RLS said it, in his light Edinburgh accent (or as Jekyll himself would say it). Equally, they'd say Haid, instead of Hyde.
srah - August 4, 2003 - 7:52 AM - ℓ
See page 4 (.pdf file)
katie - August 4, 2003 - 8:33 AM - ℓ
'Tis true, 'tis true.
I am dreading viewing my big summer movie because they make Hyde and big monster.
Daddy - August 4, 2003 - 11:41 AM - ℓ
I don't know that we qualify as blue-haired CRACKHEADs, but both Marilyn and I thought that this was one of the best productions that the Croswell has put on in years. Of course, we haven't read the book, so we didn't have any real idea what the specifics of the story were. Because of that we could just focus on the strong performances of a wonderful cast.
Daddy - August 4, 2003 - 12:56 PM - ℓ
I noticed a couple of spotlight problems, but other than that I noticed nothing wrong with this production. You are being overly critical!
bobby - August 4, 2003 - 5:43 PM - ℓ
I saw J&H at the Wharton center when it was the broadway touring production, and it still sucked. You should find yourself the DVD of the musical starring David Hasselhof..they play it on HBO all the time. If that doesn't make your eyes and ears bleed, I don't know what will...
ps: I liked Swing, too.
Jez - August 5, 2003 - 9:21 AM - ℓ
Oh, yes indeed, the multi-talented Baywatcher and talking-car-driver Mr. Hasselhoff does sing.
A great many people have written ever-so-slightly tongue-in-cheek reviews of his album on Amazon.com
David Lee Ingersoll - August 21, 2003 - 3:56 PM - ℓ
Found your comments while googling for cultural thoughts about Jekyll and Hyde. I just finished the novel a couple of days ago and quite liked it. I saw the musical two years ago and it's apparently far more based on the 1931 movie with Frederich March than it is on Stevenson's novel. I was entertained but didn't think it was anything I'd need to see again.
My comments on the novel can be found at my weblog in the August 20th entry. Cheers!
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It's "jeek-ull"?