Singularity, I don’t know
March 24, 2012 1:45 PM Subscribe
The American Repertory Theater presents a musical by The Lisps about the Civil War, Ada Lovelace, and the Singularity, including such songs as Singularity, which is breathtakingly terrible but ever so catchy.
Their album was funded via kickstarter.
Their album was funded via kickstarter.
So basically, while the prologue has some value and there are some pearls to be found, most of the dialogue is just a spewing forth of smalltalk.
posted by benito.strauss at 2:08 PM on March 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by benito.strauss at 2:08 PM on March 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
This is like Star Trek TNG's lost all-singing episode.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 2:20 PM on March 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 2:20 PM on March 24, 2012 [2 favorites]
Two different people have offered me a free ticket to this, and I have said "no" both times.
Here's my thing, and I know it's my thing: I have no idea why people write these shows about famous people that aren't really about the actual people in question. It drives me mad. Yes, I'm looking at you, Evita, as well.
Both Ada, Countess of Lovelace and her mother were dead before the US Civil War started. And this isn't an alternate history--it's our history, only in this one Ada Lovelace isn't dead (or 50) in 1860-whatever, she's a hot young babe with a crush on her US soldier/inventor penpal. Whose work she apparently supports with her husband's money (Lovelace was the one with the money; Ada's dad had spent all of her family's cash, except for her mother's settlements which Lady Byron hung onto with grim determination).
WTF? Why call this character Ada Lovelace at all, since she has nothing in common with the historical Ada Lovelace?
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:21 PM on March 24, 2012 [4 favorites]
Here's my thing, and I know it's my thing: I have no idea why people write these shows about famous people that aren't really about the actual people in question. It drives me mad. Yes, I'm looking at you, Evita, as well.
Both Ada, Countess of Lovelace and her mother were dead before the US Civil War started. And this isn't an alternate history--it's our history, only in this one Ada Lovelace isn't dead (or 50) in 1860-whatever, she's a hot young babe with a crush on her US soldier/inventor penpal. Whose work she apparently supports with her husband's money (Lovelace was the one with the money; Ada's dad had spent all of her family's cash, except for her mother's settlements which Lady Byron hung onto with grim determination).
WTF? Why call this character Ada Lovelace at all, since she has nothing in common with the historical Ada Lovelace?
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:21 PM on March 24, 2012 [4 favorites]
In my next book, Che Guevara, Ada Lovelace, and Oscar Wilde have a menage a trois on a Zeppelin. That's piloted by a small T. Rex.
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:22 PM on March 24, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Sidhedevil at 2:22 PM on March 24, 2012 [5 favorites]
There's a line about the Goodyear Blimp in a Civil War drama about Ada Lovelace?
I am torn. I want to see this, and I TOTALLY WANT TO SEE THIS. It's a conundrum.
posted by xingcat at 2:43 PM on March 24, 2012
I am torn. I want to see this, and I TOTALLY WANT TO SEE THIS. It's a conundrum.
posted by xingcat at 2:43 PM on March 24, 2012
That T. Rex better have a Phantom of the Opera-like mask and be fond of singing the theme song from the Heidi anime, or I'm going to be sad now.
posted by Iosephus at 3:13 PM on March 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Iosephus at 3:13 PM on March 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
I saw this in New York, I guess it must have been two years ago, and I thought it was fantastic. The atmosphere, the music, the energy, and particularly the craftsmanship of the set were really wonderful. I wish I could see it again.
posted by crackingdes at 3:18 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by crackingdes at 3:18 PM on March 24, 2012
You're getting co-author credit now, Iosephus!
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:25 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:25 PM on March 24, 2012
You do realize that Evita wasn't a historical work at all, but rather an examination of the myth of Evita
Yes. The myth of Evita didn't have Che Guevara in it until Rice put him there. I wasn't talking about the Evita stuff, but the "Hello, here's another famous person from Argentina! Let's jam him in there because he's so famous!"
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:54 PM on March 24, 2012
Yes. The myth of Evita didn't have Che Guevara in it until Rice put him there. I wasn't talking about the Evita stuff, but the "Hello, here's another famous person from Argentina! Let's jam him in there because he's so famous!"
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:54 PM on March 24, 2012
Jam him in anachronistically, I mean. If they had had Che Guevara the wealthy Argentinean high school and medical student, rather than grown-up international revolutionary Che Guevara as a character, it wouldn't have been so goddamn annoying.
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:58 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by Sidhedevil at 3:58 PM on March 24, 2012
I was excited until I realized they weren't the LISPs.
posted by phrontist at 4:26 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by phrontist at 4:26 PM on March 24, 2012
How does the T. rex pilot that zepplin with its tiny arms?
posted by maryr at 4:55 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by maryr at 4:55 PM on March 24, 2012
Every day I can link to T. Rex Trying is a good day.
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:03 PM on March 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:03 PM on March 24, 2012 [1 favorite]
needs mode parentheses
posted by Dr Dracator at 5:06 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by Dr Dracator at 5:06 PM on March 24, 2012
You know that old joke--"Metafilter: Your favorite band sucks"? That is happening for me for real right now.
To be fair, though, I haven't seen the musical. I love The Lisps' albums though. I was just playing a couple of their songs for a newish friend a few hours ago.
posted by overglow at 8:43 PM on March 24, 2012
To be fair, though, I haven't seen the musical. I love The Lisps' albums though. I was just playing a couple of their songs for a newish friend a few hours ago.
posted by overglow at 8:43 PM on March 24, 2012
I'm pretty sure Conrad Barski could write us a singularity musical about Lisp. Right on the front page of Land of Lisp is a comic book and music video. He's pretty much already started.
posted by wobh at 8:47 PM on March 24, 2012
posted by wobh at 8:47 PM on March 24, 2012
The best part of the Globe review is the part where the lead actor/singer is referred to as "fatally passive." Ouch.
posted by Septober at 10:38 PM on March 25, 2012
posted by Septober at 10:38 PM on March 25, 2012
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