Mondo Macchio!
Oh, how I regret not being in New York to see It's Karate, Kid!, a musical based on, well, The Karate Kid. It looks pretty campy, which is just what the material needs. There's a few downloadable mp3s at their website, and the songs are all done in various 1970's Asian grindhouse styles. Be sure to listen to "Wax On, Wax Off." Kevin Smith Kirkwood (Mr. Miyagi) tears it up!
Tarantino should option the movie rights!
All in all, it looks more fun (and has far better songs) than Silence!, the musical by John and Al Kaplan based on The Silence of the Lambs. I dunno, there's something inherently tasteless about serial killer musicals, but you can't help but smile at "Put The Fucking Lotion In The Basket!"
Anyway, I bring all this up because what better way to draw crowds to San Jose than a series of original musicals, done in varying styles by the South Bay's myriad talented musicians, based on movies from the 80's and 90's? If the above are any evidence, it can be done, and it would certainly generate buzz if it were a series. Some suggested source material:
Tarantino should option the movie rights!
All in all, it looks more fun (and has far better songs) than Silence!, the musical by John and Al Kaplan based on The Silence of the Lambs. I dunno, there's something inherently tasteless about serial killer musicals, but you can't help but smile at "Put The Fucking Lotion In The Basket!"
Anyway, I bring all this up because what better way to draw crowds to San Jose than a series of original musicals, done in varying styles by the South Bay's myriad talented musicians, based on movies from the 80's and 90's? If the above are any evidence, it can be done, and it would certainly generate buzz if it were a series. Some suggested source material:
- National Lampoon's "Vacation."
Hell, it has great songs on the soundtrack already. Lindsay Buckingham's "Holiday Road," which plays over the movie's opening credits, cries out to be an opening production number. - Adventures in Babysitting
"Babysitting Blues" as a huge, audince-participation house-crashing centerpiece? Bad ass! - Revenge of the Nerds
This one has a largely-original soundtrack, and some of the songs are really fun and bizarre. There's the opening title song, the incomperable "Are You Ready For The Sex Girls?", the supercatchy "One Foot In Front of the Other" and the Nerd Rap. - Weird Science
This one also has a great original title track by Oingo Boingo. - Pretty In Pink
Our Molly Ringwald is out there. - Six Pack
Personally, I think the story of Brewster Baker and his pit crew kids would play really well in a world of NASCAR dads, and it's a fun movie. People like kids. And "Love Will Turn You Around" is a great song any way you cut it.
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