That is exactly the point, as the recent London changes don’t make the show “better”, but are at best “changes just for changes”. Even some of the long-time adult cast revealed that they reacted with “nooooo” - when something that worked was changed - for no reason! (Well, there might be one reason for the changes in B2B: that a certain main London adult actor can’t dance boogie properly. And of course the “rioting dance” is much less demanding for the Billys’ stamina than the real Angry Dance is…)…if they thought it made the show better…
And true that many in the audience don’t know about previous versions, but the reaction of the current audiences to the changed “rope hopping / boxing gloves” B2B and the nearly spoiled Debbie - Billy toilet scene for example is much less enthusiastic than before. And the “rioting dance” in other BETM shows was mostly received with just a friendly applause at the end - and never got the ovation-like reactions that nearly always follow a well-done London Angry Dance.
To Pat, Barry, Born to Boogie, Thomas, Athina, and Deanfan5 very many thanks for all the recent reviews and especially to KeefyM for his so detailed and outspoken ones - please keep them coming all of you, it’s really the next-best thing to attending the show!!