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Dracula Triumphant

Wed, 5 Oct 2005, 08:51 am
Matt58 posts in thread
Hi all,

I saw the preview last night and just wanted to open up this and see what others thought before letting my opinion fly.

Matt.

Re: Dracula Triumphant

Tue, 11 Oct 2005, 07:39 pm
Walter Plinge
Because that's what's freaking wrong with the entertainment industry in Australia. Too many people are so upwound on using the talents they already have. The industry is not all that big anyway. Like many of the Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals have been running in the NY Broadways ever since they opened, and have spawned many new talents. First, in Australia, nothing ever runs for that long...because as much as you might wish to oppose...the prevailing culture here is watching footy with VB in one hand and a snag in the other. Or going clubbing. OR even if a show ran for that long, they will never change the cast for the sake of ticket sales.

And even in the film industry. The last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond was seen by over 20 million in US alone. That's entire population of Australia. And what do we have here to compete with that? Home and Away? Neighbours?

So that's why no one will probably knock down Mina's door asking to be in the next production. But personally, if I was a powerful producer I would've definitely wanted to meet the dude played Harker and possibly Mina because they were freaking awesome. Dracula dude was good as well.

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