A musical based on ‘The Exorcist’ ought to turn some heads. Get it?
Adapted from the 1973 movie, a Seattle actor’s group is putting on a cheesy musical version of the acclaimed horror movie, according to SeattlePi.com.
“Bad Actor Productions” is the self deprecating name of the performance group which will be performing in bars and dinner theaters.
Past “Bad Actor” productions include “Girls Just Want To Have Fun: The Movie (a live version!),” “Desperate Liaisons” (“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” set on a gay cruise ship) and “Super Females” (drag queens save Capitol Hill from condo kings).
Hey, you know what? As bad as I’m sure it is I bet it’s still much much better than “Exorcist 2: The Heretic.”
“And you have a happy ending,” says the show’s producer. “A musical has to have a happy ending.”
December 28, 2007 at 10:51 pm
An “alleged” musical or comedy… or something (I didn’t bother to stay to find out).The production company certainly deliveres what the actors named themselves- Bad Actors.
December 28, 2007 at 11:13 pm
A silly twist…
A phrase that Gore Vidal used some 35 years ago comes to mind when contemplating “Exorcist: The Musical.” In writing about the San Francisco Cockettes he opined: “LACK OF TALENT IS NOT ENOUGH.”
The Cockettes were exponents of a silly, self-indulgent gay camp aesthetic. What they lacked in wit and professional polish they made up for in giddy, gaudy foolery. Continuing that tradition is a candidly named Seattle company, Bad Actor Productions.
Bad Actor’s musical is primitive kitsch. It is like the shows that precocious young teens put on at summer camp: fake bosoms, regrettable wigs, goofy/geeky smut, irreverent titters about religion and a love/hate obsession with pop icons.
The pop icon being ridiculed and adored in “Exorcist the Musical” is, of course, the 1973 horror movie hit “The Exorcist.” Also, there’s a sketchy “Lion King” parody. It features a Locust King and a happy New Age idea: Locusts could plant their own crops on their own land. When they formed their legendary “plague of locusts” and laid waste to their fields, no one would mind at all.
RUDIMENTARY songs, dances, dialogue and narration keep the locust and the demonic possession stories moving FITFULLY.
I have an idea what Vidal might say about it all.
January 16, 2008 at 3:22 am
The Seattle Sinner says:
To call Exorcist – The Musical a laugh out loud comedy would be an insult to the true nature of this masterpiece by Craig Trolli and Josh Hartvigson. It’s a clever production with a brilliant cast, and some wickedly comical music to boot. It is a must see for January and can be caught at the Jewel Box Theater on Friday and Saturday until it closes on January 19.
January 16, 2008 at 3:23 am
http://www.theseattlesinner.com/Pages/fearandsinning.html