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They better make Alina the Phantom then...
The question isn't about Phantom per se, it is a general one.
Why must we withhold judgement on any program's music* until we watch that program?
*The amount of songs is irrelevant, one might like all of them, or like none of them.
The question isn't about Phantom per se, it is a general one.
Why must we withhold judgement on any program's music* until we watch that program?
*The amount of songs is irrelevant, one might like all of them, or like none of them.
This Alina Phantom of the Opera comments reminds me a Greek saying which goes something like "We didn't see it yet (the unborn babe), we called it John".
(It comes from the old days when there were no technical means to know the gender before the birth)
Which is used when we are rushing to label, characterize something prematurely before it's time.
Let's wait a bit...
Because the whole package matters when judging a program: the music, the music cuts, the costume, the choreo, the performance. You can like a music and dislike a program and vice versa.
Because we don't know which song exactly is.
So of course you can judge as in "100% of POTO is awful, I hate POTO". But you cannot judge it as in "aaaaaa its a warhorse", because not all of the POTO tracks are actually overused.
I guess you're not understanding my question (post #1037). Again, I'm asking why we must wait for the program to be performed (~August) before we can judge the "choice of music" (Phantom in this case)?
Nobody, including myself, is doing that anyway, we are doing it now.
I'm sure the program will be top notch when it is all put together, but where is the sense in delaying our judgement of the music choice until then? My opinion of Phantom won't change, so why should I wait a few months to say I'm disappointed in the selection of this old warhorse?
I agree with you, it can't be said that all of POTO's tracks are warhorses.
For me, POTO itself is the warhorse!
Don't misunderstand me, I think this could be, almost certainly will be, a beautiful program, especially if they choose the right song.
That being said, I think Andrew Lloyd Weber is overrated, and I can not think of a single piece of his that I like. So when I hear POTO, especially from a choreographer who I like to think is progressive (and who should almost avoid warhorses on principle), I become disappointed. I'll get over it.
I think that's about all I have to say on that.
That being said, I think Andrew Lloyd Weber is overrated, and I can not think of a single piece of his that I like. So when I hear POTO, especially from a choreographer who I like to think is progressive (and who should almost avoid warhorses on principle), I become disappointed. I'll get over it.
Didn't Volosozhar/Trankov do Jesus Christ Superstar in 2014?
At least Alina sheds herself of multiple seasons in the dreaded ''tutu''. Or does she?
It will also depend on how she'll skate at the test skates.
Two seasons I think, not multiple.