Lin-Manuel Miranda directs the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's play "tick, tick... BOOM!," bringing an authenticity to the experience of creating a musical — the fear, the frustration, and the overriding optimism that Miranda (the force behind "Hamilton" and co-creator of "In the Heights") must know well. "tick, tick... BOOM!" tells the story of Larson's struggle to put together a presentation of a science fiction musical he calls "Superbia." Set in a toxic future, it's about how people spend all their time fixed on their "media delivery devices," and patterning their lives after TV programs. (All in all, Larson more or less hit the nail on the head.) The problem is that no one understands what he's going for, and no one thinks the show is going to succeed. Larson (played by British actor Andrew Garfield) swims recreationally, for exercise and to clear his head, but he's swimming upstream when it comes to getting anyone to pay attention to his idea. The movie is well written (by Steven Levenson, based on Larson's play) and competently directed by Miranda, who displays some impressive visual inventiveness. It also often feels, however, like the reverse side of a tapestry or, in more mundane terms, a sort of "Behind the Music" look at Larson's pre-"RENT" life and struggles. The songs underscore the impression; they are uniformly energetic, and there are a couple of gorgeous numbers that break the mold, but most of the setlist feels prototypical of, and cut from the same cloth, as the songs from Larson's bigger, better-known work. If you're still high on Jon M. Chu's movie version of "In the Heights" (and excited for his next musical adaptation, "Wicked"), and chomping at the bit to see what Steven Spielberg is going to do with "West Side Story," this is the perfect movie at the perfect time to keep your feet tapping and your "Broadway by way of Hollywood" buzz going strong. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ??❤️ ?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi ?: Netflix
November 16, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda directs the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's play "tick, tick... BOOM!," bringing an authenticity to the experience of creating a musical — the fear, the frustration, and the overriding optimism that Miranda (the force behind "Hamilton" and co-creator of "In the Heights") must know well.
"tick, tick... BOOM!" tells the story of Larson's struggle to put together a presentation of a science fiction musical he calls "Superbia." Set in a toxic future, it's about how people spend all their time fixed on their "media delivery devices," and patterning their lives after TV programs. (All in all, Larson more or less hit the nail on the head.) The problem is that no one understands what he's going for, and no one thinks the show is going to succeed. Larson (played by British actor Andrew Garfield) swims recreationally, for exercise and to clear his head, but he's swimming upstream when it comes to getting anyone to pay attention to his idea.
The movie is well written (by Steven Levenson, based on Larson's play) and competently directed by Miranda, who displays some impressive visual inventiveness. It also often feels, however, like the reverse side of a tapestry or, in more mundane terms, a sort of "Behind the Music" look at Larson's pre-"RENT" life and struggles. The songs underscore the impression; they are uniformly energetic, and there are a couple of gorgeous numbers that break the mold, but most of the setlist feels prototypical of, and cut from the same cloth, as the songs from Larson's bigger, better-known work.
If you're still high on Jon M. Chu's movie version of "In the Heights" (and excited for his next musical adaptation, "Wicked"), and chomping at the bit to see what Steven Spielberg is going to do with "West Side Story," this is the perfect movie at the perfect time to keep your feet tapping and your "Broadway by way of Hollywood" buzz going strong.
Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ??❤️
?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi
?: Netflix
"tick, tick... BOOM!" tells the story of Larson's struggle to put together a presentation of a science fiction musical he calls "Superbia." Set in a toxic future, it's about how people spend all their time fixed on their "media delivery devices," and patterning their lives after TV programs. (All in all, Larson more or less hit the nail on the head.) The problem is that no one understands what he's going for, and no one thinks the show is going to succeed. Larson (played by British actor Andrew Garfield) swims recreationally, for exercise and to clear his head, but he's swimming upstream when it comes to getting anyone to pay attention to his idea.
The movie is well written (by Steven Levenson, based on Larson's play) and competently directed by Miranda, who displays some impressive visual inventiveness. It also often feels, however, like the reverse side of a tapestry or, in more mundane terms, a sort of "Behind the Music" look at Larson's pre-"RENT" life and struggles. The songs underscore the impression; they are uniformly energetic, and there are a couple of gorgeous numbers that break the mold, but most of the setlist feels prototypical of, and cut from the same cloth, as the songs from Larson's bigger, better-known work.
If you're still high on Jon M. Chu's movie version of "In the Heights" (and excited for his next musical adaptation, "Wicked"), and chomping at the bit to see what Steven Spielberg is going to do with "West Side Story," this is the perfect movie at the perfect time to keep your feet tapping and your "Broadway by way of Hollywood" buzz going strong.
Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ??❤️
?️: Kilian Melloy / @dragelruairi
?: Netflix
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