According to Rollingstone.com, talks are underway to bring Michael Jackson's Thriller to the stage. To which I say: Brilliant!
What's not to love? There be zombies, werewolves and a stunningly nubile young woman at the heart of it all.
So, without further delay, here are my ideas on how to make it not suck:
1)Use all the music from Thriller. It's one of the best albums ever. Ever. Justin Timberlake goes to bed dreaming about how to remake this album. To say that the producers would be sitting on an embarassment of riches is an understatement. And any writer who really just wants to tell a great story could find a way to make it work.
2)Along those lines, the story is simple. It's a boy who versus the world sort of story but a boy versus himself story as well. Boy meets girl. Boy has to compete with other boys for her affection. But boy also has to control the beast within or all is lost.
3)Thinking about putting new music in to pad the time of the piece? That's dicey. MJ has a huge catalog of great music to dig from, so I'd start there. But if you're gonna produce new music, go to the source. Get MJ. Get Quincy Jones. See what they can do before exploring any other options.
4)Three words: Zombies, Zombies, ZOMBIES. Man!
Oh, you should have been here last October. I love me some zombies!
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loves me some Zombies! The more on stage the merrier it would be.
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