Do you know there are few
things in this world that could take my attention away from the third game of
the World Series, since the Mets were trailing the Kansas City Royals 0-2 in
games.
Something just called me away from that sports channel in the strangest of ways.
Now I sit here the night
before Halloween with my globes glued to the telly watching my old friend
Andrew Carl Wilk, directing Live from Lincoln Center.
Try as I might, I could not get myself to go back to the game.
The subject of the broadcast was Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, the soundtrack composer for most of Burton
It was a brilliant mosaic,
from a variety of perspectives weaving the story behind the music behind the
movie from the quite unusual mind of Tim Burton.
Few people could direct
such a demanding show where movie clips cut to a live orchestra and chorus,
with a never-ending barrage of interchanging elements.
Anyway, you get the idea.
This was a bona fide
horror classic, which could overtake the legendary cult classic the Rocky
Horror Picture Show, as an institutional must see for the
institutionalized.
At least the dress code
for the two productions seems similar.
Maybe next year the crazy crowd can come up and sing in front of the
giant screen.
As usual, Andrew Carl
Wilk, the Wizard of Lincoln Center, cast a magical spell over the viewers with
his clever cuts and directing hijinks.
The show was a dazzling string of
highlights.
The sequence with the
violin soloist in leather was a particularly enchanting segment, probably my
favorite part of the show.
When Danny Elfman began
singing live, one forgets he used to be in a band, the challenge to Andrew of
synchronizing the live singer, orchestra, and choir with the animated clip from
the movie was daunting.
Yet somehow, Wilk, the
superstar from the Summit , New Jersey
As for rating the
performance, they simply do not have enough stars to adequately rate this
production.
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| Andrew and wife Heather |
It is off the charts.
Therefore, Andrew, you
ruined my lifelong record of watching the World Series without interruption,
especially with such great teams involved.
When your Wizard's spell
forced me to switch from the game, with the Mets trailing by one run, to PBS of
all places, I was shocked.
Two hours later when you
finally released me from the spell and I turned the game back on, the Mets were
leading by six runs.
It seems to me if I had a
bunch of your Live at Lincoln Center DVDs, and the Mets were losing a game, I
could throw your show on and help the Mets win the World Series.
Bravo Andrew, and buy a
bigger trophy cabinet, I sense yet another Emmy and your cabinet long ago ran
out of room.
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