El
Rey léon, en su éxito en la calle de
los musicales (Broadway) ha sido un exito de taquilla
que ha roto todos los records existentes
de taquilla.
Desde
la película original, el surrealismo fue lo
dominante, mas visible en escenas como la de "I
just can't wait to be king" (ya quisiera ser
el rey) donde el mundo se transforma en un mundo de
fantasia.
De
la misma manera, Julie Taymor, directora de la obra
de Broadway, trato de respetar este patrón,
y repetirlo para llevarlo al escenario.
Un
peculiar grupo de artistas, denominado "Forbidden
Broadway", realizo una parodia sobre esta obra,
también exagerando un poco en llos detalles
por los que tuvo que pasar Julie en la realización
de la obra.
Aun
no he logrado encontrar la letra de esta canción,
pero estas son las partes que he podido descifrar,
asi que puede tener algunos errores, trataré
de poner la letra completa en cuanto logre obtenerla.
The
Lion King Segment
Forbidden Broadway
How
am I gonna get a ticket
to the Lion King.
African
bologna, but we won a lot of tony'
(sin descifrar) pinochio.
Our
story its so bizarre
it's Hamlet gone safari
(sin descifrar)
Johnny Johnny Elton John.
You
understand?
No?
Rafiki translates:
Ukithe
Ukithe Kuching
Ukite Ukite Kuching
From
the day Lion King came to Broadway
the theather is not quite the same
oh! there is more to see
than has ever been seen
but the book, is childish and lame
(sin descifrar)
The visualsof great ones profound
and I either is next
and the metis perplexed
theme park shows, keep gettin drowned
It's the circle of mice
Disney's all around
and you pay the price
and you'll be spellbound
Puppet shows replace
what we used to call content
in the theather
?
Circle
of M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
mice.
And
now, the real star of the Lion King
the director, Julie Taymor
Once
Julie Taymor the stage director
animated puppets in a downtown theme
then Disney sent people to inspect her
"Could this girl direct the Lion King?"
Then
Disney said "Ok Julie Taymor
show us how you make your puppets dance and sing"
[Julie]
I'd go and sing?
And
said Julie taymor!
[Julie]
Here's how I directed Lion King
First I'd make a little lion
from a little bit of string
then I'd spend a million buyin'
until I made a Lion King (grrr)
I
got the job and I started sewing
(voice) using more material than Kalvin Klein
I majorasqe (sin desifrar)
stupifying
them with her designs
That's
when I hired a cast of players
(voice) dressing them like dodo birds and antelopes
Some suffocating beneath their layers
(voice) other strangulating on their ropes
Julie
Taymor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Oh
please Julie can't I play a human?
oh please not a blade of grass
Oh please Julie when I'm dressed like Dumbo
I feel like a horse's ass.
Then
Julie said you can play a lion
but you'll have to wear a mask upon your head
there's a stampede where you have to die in
and Mickey Mouse will eat you when you're dead
True
this show's a little vapid
but we'll smooth it with cash
and the changes are so rapid
you won't know it's kitty trash
Happy
are we you can get our tickets
and
we got a tony before Ragtime 2
nobody
cares when hyenas spicket
when
a human plays a cangaroo
Julie
Taymor
Julie
Taymor
Julie Taymor
Julie
Taymor
Julie
Taymor saved the day
Yes
I really saved the day
but
what happened to the play?
it's
a really lousy play
Julie
(indescifrable) pay?
we
got cut so there's no way
Julie
you're insane so go away! WEE!
I
hate Julie Taymor
She
doesn't havea clue
my
neck is breaking wearing her designs
and
suflixating too
The
puppetry is stunning
but
what I must confide
althought
it looks great from the audience
it's
torture here inside
can
you feel the pain tonight?
the
string this head-dress brings
the
cracking bones
the
tearing cartilige
kills
all living things
(falta una estrofa, pronto la veras aqui)
