Name me a science fiction musical. And…go!
Have an answer? My bet is that most everyone came up with
Either The Rocky Horror Picture Show (or The Rocky Horror Show) or Repo! The
Genetic Opera.
Now, how many people would actually think of science fiction
and a musical together, in one beast? Not a lot of people. It’s a great idea,
but it’s…well, it’s not the kind of thing that you expect, to be honest.
Well, I make it a point to track down sci-fi musicals. Why?
Because I love Rocky Horror and Repo. I love sci-fi. I love musicals. And do
you know why they work? It’s because they are just a little to the left. They
work because they are not the norm. I mean, if everyone did sci-fi musicals, I
don’t honestly think that Repo would be nearly as big as it is. It would still
be a good movie, but it wouldn’t have the same following, I don’t think, if
there were two dozen other sci-fi musicals out there with full, huge, Hollywood
style budgets. It would be just a low quality movie, I’m afraid. Maybe *gasp*
the same fate would befall Rocky Horror, too. Not as likely.
So, when you can, if you’re looking for something new, look
for something unexpected, something without many other examples. They tend to
have something going for them, a certain exuberance that mainstream cinema has
a nasty tendency to edit out.
In my search, I now turn to you: any sci-fi musicals I
absolutely must see?
Voss
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