A simple desultory Philippic

I watched a bit of this last night. I've only seen them once live. That was a long time ago, here in Toronto, and I loved it. But it does seem to me there's a lot of padding in the show now. Half the time I was watching was taken up by the performers bowing and posturing and running on and off stage, goosing the audience to applaud. Subtract the bombastic music, the melodramatic lighting effects, and the glitzy costumes, and there's not really all that much going on.

I suppose the creator deserves credit from a business point of view for getting more buck for the bang - he does have some piddly spousal support obligations, after all - but it strikes me as aesthetically bad.