Billy Elliot the Forum

The latest bunch of traveller reviews of the London show from tripadvisor are all very positive:

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserRe ... gland.html

This blog review of the London show has been around for a while, but I don't recall ever having seen it before:

http://www.icubed.us/node/2095

ERinVA wrote:This blog review of the London show has been around for a while, but I don't recall ever having seen it before:

http://www.icubed.us/node/2095

That is a gushing blog review indeed. Just one thing though:

"Elton John's compositions for Billy Elliot may not be as instantly memorable as songs from shows like Les Miserables or Wicked, but that's not to say I haven't had the songs on constant replay in my head for the past three weeks."

Huh?

I took it that she liked the music enough that it stuck with her, even though she thought it was the weakest part of the show.

http://panrimo.com/blog/?p=206

This blogger praises the musical highly, but first he writes about what a musical is today and what it was in the past. Quite interesting I think maybe he saw the show some time agos since he writes about Liam, James and George...

dongringo wrote:

ERinVA wrote:This blog review of the London show has been around for a while, but I don't recall ever having seen it before:

http://www.icubed.us/node/2095

That is a gushing blog review indeed. Just one thing though:

"Elton John's compositions for Billy Elliot may not be as instantly memorable as songs from shows like Les Miserables or Wicked, but that's not to say I haven't had the songs on constant replay in my head for the past three weeks."

Huh?

It almost makes me sick to the stomach to read that. Billy Elliot has a much more sophisticated score than either Les Miserables or Wicked. Les Miserables and Wicked are both shows that have relied on spectacle to make up for their sub-par writing. The lyrics in Wicked, for example, are simply cringe-worthy. They're simply not comparable with the true poetry of a song such as "Deep into the Ground", for instance.

Not sure what the heck this is, but I'm putting it here anyway!

http://movieshowtimesnewyork.com/billy- ... th-dreams/

ERinVA wrote:Not sure what the heck this is, but I'm putting it here anyway!

http://movieshowtimesnewyork.com/billy- ... th-dreams/

I agree completely

It looks like computer-generated content made to bump up the Google PageRank of the links contained in it by appearing to be authentic web content. It reads much like computer language translation, but I think it is that the computer was programmed to reword and recombine information from a variety of other sources.

I think "Shelter Lounge" refers to "Lee Hall". The lee side of an island is the side sheltered from the wind. A beer hall is a kind of lounge. So, Shelter Lounge is Lee Hall. The text also mentions a film you may have seen, "Several Wedding parties along with a Funeral". I think there were actually four weddings, to be more specific.

Anyway, it's not much of a review, but I found it hilarious.

ERinVA wrote:Not sure what the heck this is, but I'm putting it here anyway!

http://movieshowtimesnewyork.com/billy- ... th-dreams/

Major google translate fail much.