h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Worst. Musical. Ever. - A5551607
Author: David B, Singing Librarian Owl - U201818

My second submission to the AWW. Again, not created specifically for h2g2, but this is the first time this has been seen by the public. I warn you, it's even stranger than my first submission...



David

They did Carrie as a musical?! Suddenly I'm wondering if 'Carrie' is the film I think it is. Because, they couldn't. Could they?

Anyway. I just read your musical and... s!

Actually I enjoyed it. The song lyrics mainly.

I don't know if this was just for sharing. If for sharing - thank you. A nice piece of light entertainment.

If workshopping - I'd say it has an unfinished feel. That the format feels it's there really to show the song lyrics rather than to work as a cohesive piece. Perhaps the format of a mock review would give you the vehicle to make the kind of comments on musicals I think you're aiming at and to show the lyrics. Just a thought.

Sorry this took five weeks to get any comment - the AWW's a bit short on readers just now.

Final comment; Wesley eats Sage in the end. Yes? Please?

This was pretty much just for sharing, but you are right that the format needs work. Hmm. Thinking cap on.

And Wesley eating Sage? Now there's an idea...

Carrie is an infamous flop from the 1980s. As bad as you could imagine it being, and so much worse!

Thanks for the comments.

I enjoyed this I was trying to imagine what the music would be like.

It made me think of the film 'The Tall Guy' and the musical version produced in there of 'The Elephant Man' - entitled, awfully, 'Elephant!'

I agree with Waz this has a slightly unfinished feel though. I wanted more about the plot to balance up the songs.

Given that it's the best part of two years on... *deep breath* Are you still working on this David?

I really should be, shouldn't I? I'm not sure what to do with it, really, though. I could make that a task for the summer, to come up with a proper plotline, and write another lyric or two.

this is great!!

how about if you write it up and ...we perform it on here!!!

the music would be the hard part... unless you want to set it to already composed stuff.

This is great fun. But I agree that the plot could be developed further.

Actually, I'm sure someone could write a musical of Watership Down. Or perhaps someone already has...

I love what you have so far! It already has so much potential for hilarity, etc! Should you add another "main" character in way of the predator? (the whole "conflict/resolution" thing...) And what if it were a mix of "Rats of NIHM" & "Watership Down"? ... or something. Anyway, I would definitely go see it! CM

It seems a big job writing out a full plot, especially when it's deliberately the worst ever, but I don't think it needs a full script to finish it off. Another song from near the end that indicated what had happened with Wesley, bringing Sage into it as well, could be enough to round the piece off imo.

Greetings!

I think the last comment from LLwaz is both highly perceptive and a clever construction. Leaving "spaces" to allow the reader/observer to (retrospectively) fill in the gaps of what hasn't been seen, is a highly effective method (imagination will beat description every time). Switching to the end is a very neat idea (but requires a fair-old degree of skill to achieve the right balance (so, no pressure there, then!)

S.P.

P.S. I'm new here, so if this is over the top, then please ignore!

This was so bad... we want to put it in the <./>underguide</.> and on the Front Page. And the italics have agreed...

I don't know whether commiserations or congratulations are the right thing here. Because it was obviously not bad enough...

David B - for drowning sorrow or raising toasts, your choice (But congrats anyway .)

Heh, heh, heh. I've created something awful.