tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180972341218172775.post8574820809690107325..comments2023-09-10T09:46:37.509-07:00Comments on Musical Hell: Musical Hell Review: The Ten CommandmentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180972341218172775.post-25206699335711573442013-11-05T20:48:08.026-08:002013-11-05T20:48:08.026-08:00I think that like any other technical wizardry, mi...I think that like any other technical wizardry, microphones are a tool and can be a useful element in the overall sound design or a crutch, depending on who uses them and how. I admit I'm kind of sad I'll never really have the opportunity to hear a Merman or an Andrews belting it to the back row under their own power, but body mikes aren't going anywhere and railing against them isn't going to change that.<br /><br />That said, I consider obtrusive evidence of microphones--of which there are numerous examples in this production--to be annoying and distracting, unless they're a part of the production's overall design aesthetic (see: <i>Rent, Spring Awakening</i>, many productions of <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>). Wires dangling down backs and mikes dropping down foreheads like lumps of candle wax are the theatrical equivalent of the boom mike entering the shot: an intrusion of the technical process of the creation that takes you out of the story.TheDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253298854460699938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180972341218172775.post-91489786934216223812013-11-05T15:36:32.662-08:002013-11-05T15:36:32.662-08:001) Oh, Val Kilmer. It seemed like he was channelin...1) Oh, Val Kilmer. It seemed like he was channeling David Hasselhoff. I know he can sing - I've seen Top Secret - but he really didn't seem to be trying very hard. <br />2) Loved the Dalek reference, because that's what I was thinking. <br />3) Bonus points for the Alien From LA reference because it's my favorite experiment ever. <br />4) What do you think of the way everybody in musicals wears microphones these days? I'm an old man and I remember when you had to project from the diaphragm. Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477477791424705464noreply@blogger.com