The soul has greater need of the ideal than the real for it is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Things that are just wrong

This just came across my desk, I swear I'm not making this up:


The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006)

"Val Kilmer stars as Moses in The Ten Commandments--The Musical, an almost entirely sung stage adaptation of the biblical book of Exodus, captured on video from a production in Los Angeles. This is one of those profoundly misconceived ideas that self-destructs before your very eyes: From the moment Moses' mother Yokebed places an obvious rubber doll into a video projection of flowing water, you know that every step of this production will fall laughably short of its ambitions. The score is like an interminable 1980s power ballad; the choreography amounts to little more than generic leaps and erotic floundering; the awkward lyrics include such gems as "Metaphysics and religion, philosophy and love/A prince has got to know some things about all of the above"; and the actors deliver the insanely exuberant performances that only come from musical theater kids who think they're finally getting their big break. The story's moments of spectacle--the plagues, the parting of the Red Sea--are depicted by cheesy computer graphics projected on a giant screen behind the stage. Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang , Heat) is the only actor (aside from the French-accented Pharoah) with chest hair; was that in his contract, or was he too lazy to shave? Egyptian glitz and Jewish tatters are equally campy (just wait for the orgiastic Golden Calf scene!). This is for those who savor oblivious badness."

There are so many things wrong with this that the only thing that I can think of that could make it worse is if were on Beta.

I can't wait to get my hands on the dvd.

I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle...

I picked up my new spurs today at the Post Office. They're pretty cool. I needed new ones badly. The last set was cheap, and as always you get what you pay for, so they'd fallen apart and I had none at all. This is not a problem from the horses perspective, however, if one has any plan of training a horse... No need for the old fashioned ones that dig and cut. (In fact they don't even make those anymore thank god) Just a little poke in the ribs gets results most of the time. If not, then you need to try something else anyway. Oldflame would have a seizure if he knew I bought spurs. He doesn't subscribe to them.

I put them on this morning in my office and took a pic of them over my work shoes, but that's all I had, I don't often wear boots to work. So they look a little goofy but they're shiny, and yes they do jingle. I had kind of hoped they wouldn't, but alas.

I'm watching Slings and Arrows on Sundance channel every weekend. It's kind of fun to watch a series about theatre. The characters seem a little crazy, but no more so than those I've worked with in the past. The one's that seem outrageous are the ones that try to act normal. Sadly I may buy the dvd's. I truly need a life.


(I've emailed that picture to myself three times, as usual AT&T has not seen fit to deliver it to my acct yet, so I'll add it later if it ever comes through.)