Monday, May 4, 2009

Any Dream Will Do

Is anyone watching this??

Any Dream Will Do on BBCAmerica is the search for the lead in the West End Revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Basically, it's "Grease: You're the One That I Want" only more...British. They seem to be showing a marathon of it every weekend on BBC America, and it's really good 'bad TV'. Just a warning, watch it with a DVR delay, because you may want to fast forward through some of the more horrendous performances (and they are not uncommon). It's worth it just for the creepy and weird candid camera shots of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber as he is watching these earnest young men sing both pop ballads and musical theater tunes. Also, they have totally raised the reality tv bar on humiliating the loser at the end of each episode. Take a look. This happens each time a "Joseph" is eliminated.



Now, since I couldn't find/choose a creepy Andrew Lloyd Webber moment from THIS show, here his is flirting with David Cook on American Idol and making everyone uncomfortable.

1 comment:

Lindsay said...

I watched a little of this yesterday... woah. Some truly terrible performances.