Friday, August 17, 2012

50 Shades The Musical


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According to a statement from the producers, the musical “has all of the kinky Fifty Shades features” and will “leave breathless theatre goers panting for more.” It’s cast as a parody.
The show, “50 Shades! The Musical,” opens in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, an arts festival that runs throughout August in Edinburgh, Scotland.

With at least 20 million copies sold (10 million e-books), there are sure to be many extensions beyond the book. There has already been a wave of products come out attempting to capitalize on the popularity of the series. Some make sense and some, well, not so much:

– 50 Shades lingerie is a possibility
– Car decals, including “baby on board” decals based on the popular catchphrase from the book, “laters, baby”
– Wine glasses
– Trading cards
– So much more

1 comment:

TK Roxborogh said...

See, I just don't get it. I'm feeling a little like the kid in the story of the emperor's new clothes. I tried to read it. The writing is just down-right painful. It reads like the first draft of one of my Y13 students' struggling, overwrought attempts at a writing internal called 'Chapter One' whereby the task asks them to write the first chapter of a genre novel.

Are people who read and buy books that easily duped or is it the sex? The acting and story lines in porn movies are terrible (and yes, I watched a couple of them in my youth out of curiosity) but they still get bought and rented. Perhaps I've answered my own question.

As a writer, my desire is to be read widely and make pots loads of money (I'm being honest here) but what motivates me more to keep going is the over-arching desire to write the best prose I possibly can and create the most compelling stories and characters. I strive to improve this skills.

It is absolutely, shaking-of-the-head, WTF confusion I feel that this series has sold more than Harry Potter - a series which was well written with a great story and fantastic characters.

A line from 12th Night continues to bounce around my head everything I read (yet again) of the 'success' of these books: SEBASTIAN: Are all the people mad?