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Re: #37 - Are We Worried About Pixar?

I was going to post this on the Aladdin episode, but it would fit here too, since it's kind of on the topic of Disney / Pixar...

Have you guys seen this?  I came across it last night (not sure how I missed it before) - the basic premise is Aladdin meets Wicked, with quotes and references to almost every other Disney movie. Some great meta-commentary as Jafar tries to save the Magic Kingdom from the invading army of Prince Achmed from the kingdom of Pix-Ar. It's a couple of hours long (being a stage musical and all) but if your interest is piqued, give the first 20 minutes a shot - if you're not sold by then, you probably won't be. But I thought it was a lot of fun. (And I only got about half of the Genie's references, but I'm sure you guys would get them all...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-77cUxba-aA

TWISTED:  THE UNTOLD STORY OF A ROYAL VIZIER

From the creators of 'A Very Potter Musical' and 'Holy Musical B@man!', comes 'Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier.' Hop on your flying carpet, because this musical parody retells the classic tale of Aladdin... from the villain's point of view! Long ago in a Magic Kingdom, one misunderstood Royal Vizier will go on a quest to save his city from its bumbling sultan, an invading prince, and the most notorious thief to ever live! With the help of the Kingdom's free-spirited, teenage Princess, the Vizier must find a magical lamp containing a wish-granting Djinn (who's really funny, by the way) and defeat the city's most-wanted criminal... Aladdin! This musical adventure celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at everyone's favorite series of hand-drawn, animated films.

'Twisted' features story & script by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale. With music by A.J. Holmes and lyrics by Kaley McMahon. It is directed by Brian Holden.

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Re: #37 - Are We Worried About Pixar?

I'm been preaching the gloriousness of all things Starkid in these parts for years brother.

For some reason it's never taken.

Well anyways, you get a fervant thumbs up from me to get all you bastards to go watch at least one Starkid show. Twisted takes Aladdin and the whole Disney/Pixar thing. Starship is the bastard offspring of Little Mermaid, Starship Troppers and Aliens (With puppets!). The Very potter Musical trilogy is obviously the fan parody version of Harry Potter. Holy Musical B@tman is Batman taken to the comical comic book extreme. Airport For Birds is a sketch comedy show they did at the Second City stage in Detroit. Take your pick.

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Well there's no accounting for taste  wink

An exchange I particularly enjoyed:

CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD: You would not believe the morning I’ve had.

JAFAR: Why is the Captain of my Royal Guard covered in shit?

CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: Well, my men and I just jumped from a window and into a cart of Crazy Hakim’s Discount Fertilizer.

JAFAR: Why?

CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD: We were chasing a man - no, a devil. A thief who every day robs from the common folk. Bread, laundry off of clothes lines...and even watermelons. We try to catch him but he’s always just one jump ahead.  Today things got a little out of hand and a lot of good people are dead.  The sword swallower slit his throat from the inside when the thief’s pet monkey ripped the sword right out of it.  You know the guy who sleeps on the bed of nails?

JAFAR: Yes...

CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: A fat guard fell on him. Now he’s dead.  Then when we fell into the cart of manure, Kabal snapped his neck on impact, two more choked on shit... All this, for a loaf of bread.

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Re: #37 - Are We Worried About Pixar?

Starkid does parody musicals better than just about anybody.

"Someone cut off my ear ... because they didn't like my face." - Sherrezade in Twisted

Maybe the B@man musical is more up FIYH's alley.

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Re: #37 - Are We Worried About Pixar?

Bathilda wrote:

Maybe the B@man musical is more up FIYH's alley.

I would probably say Starship actually. It's probably not got quite the entry to barrier that B@tman does for a first time Starkid show. Plus the whole Troppers/Aliens stuff big_smile (plus Starship happens to be my favorite, so nyaaah)

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I loved the puppets in Starship, and it was great seeing Joey Richter get the lead role.

http://youtu.be/dAi0XQPgXmQ?t=1m51s

I did, however, think that the Bug puppet, as cute as it is, wasn't the best choice for the lead because the lack of a mouth. Some of the other puppets worked better IMO. It was harder to keep focused on Bug than Joey than it was with some of the other puppets, for me anyway.

I've been going back over the Harry Potter ones as well, always a good time. Even the third one, that only had a few day's rehearsal before their performance at LeakyCon, has Ron's awesome self-deprecating "I'm Just A Sidekick" (as sung to a petrified Hermione).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYCAOAD7g0

The problem with some of the early ones (the Harry Potter ones in particular) is poor quality sound - especially the first, "A Very Potter Musical".

I enjoyed "Holy Musical B@man!" but I didn't really get all of the jokes - enjoyed Joe Walker in the lead though, and loved his "Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight" number:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_gZMyAY2M

But overall I think "Twisted" is my favourite.  There are always so many little inside jokes from so many movies, a handful of quoted lines and little snippets of melody from the songs - it was gold. I grew up watching all the Disney movies, and the villains' song from "Twisted" had me in hysterics. And I couldn't agree more with Gaston!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vgqq8KyZo

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everythingshiny wrote:

I enjoyed "Holy Musical B@man!" but I didn't really get all of the jokes - enjoyed Joe Walker in the lead though, and loved his "Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight" number:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_gZMyAY2M

YES. That song is genius. For me it really expanded the boundaries of what a number in a musical can sound like.

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B@man had different musical writers from their previous work, but the work is solid across the productions IMO. AJ Holmes and Darren Criss have done the majority, though Darren is trapped in Glee at the moment - can't wait for that show to hurry up and be over so he can be released back into the world. Although Starkid is doing pretty well without him, I can't help feeling like Glee is a waste of his time. Probably pretty good on his bank account though, and has done some good things for Starkid's profile, so not all bad. Just has gone on long enough!

A Very Potter Musical - music and lyrics by Darren Criss and AJ Holmes, book by Nick Lang & Matt Lang.

A Very Potter Sequel - music and lyrics by Darren Criss.

A Very Potter Senior Year - book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden with songs by Clark Baxtresser, Pierce Siebers, AJ Holmes, and Darren Criss. (The reading of this performed at Leaky Con also features Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood, reprising her role from the movies.)

Me & My Dick -  music and lyrics by A.J. Holmes, Carlos Valdes and Darren Criss. Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Eric Kahn Gale.

Starship - music and lyrics by Darren Criss, book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Joe Walker.

Holy Musical B@man! -  music and lyrics by Nick Gage and Scott Lamps, book by Matt Lang and Nick Lang.

Twisted - music by A.J. Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon, and book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale.

And BigDamnArtist, this might be something to look out for smile

Starship: Requiem
 It was announced on March 31, 2014 through the LeakyCon twitter feed that Starkid Productions will hold a theatrical reading of their sequel to Starship, Starship: Requiem. The story will follow the adventures of Mega-Girl the robot and her half-witted Starship Ranger husband, Tootsie Noodles. The newlyweds are sucked into a black hole of trouble when they go to visit Mega-Girl’s human-hating family, including her overbearing mother-unit, her jealous sister-unit and the return of her hunky ex-boyfriend-unit.

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Also, fine. If none of the above can entice you guys to watch a Starkid musical parody, perhaps their upcoming Star Wars musical will.

http://youtu.be/act6dJe-BfQ?t=1m46s

This summer StarKid will be performing two shows in rep from July 3rd to August 10th at the Proscenium Theatre of Stage 773 (Chicago, IL, USA). The two shows are...

"The Trail To Oregon!"
Book by Jeff Blim, Matt Lang & Nick Lang
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blim
When a mis-behaved sixth-grader puts his own name into the character creation screen of a magical computer game, he's shot back in time to the real Oregon Trail...

and

"Ani"
Book by Matt Lang & Nick Lang
Songs by TalkFine (Clark Baxtresser & Pierce Siebers)
The creators of 'A Very Potter Musical', 'Holy Musical B@man!', and 'Twisted' bring you a new parody set in a galaxy far, far away...

*The song featured in this video is called "Wingman" by TalkFine. It will be featured in "Ani".

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Somewhere, there's a collection of scripts for the musicals my old elementary school's 4th and 5th graders would put on. They came up with great stuff, like their version of The Hobbit (inspired by the just aired animated movie). The final battle kills off the dwarfs to the music of "Ten Little Indians".

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