Comments | foreign_devilry: Um, Yes Please

foreign_devilry

Um, Yes Please

Jul 03, 2007 16:19

The Gorillaz have written an opera, sung in Mandarin, based on Journey to the West"Pop reviewers aren't normally called upon to assess operas sung in Mandarin. But this is no ordinary piece of classical Chinese theatre. For Monkey: Journey to the West is a tumbling, cross-genre, French-German-produced circus show-cum-quest caper designed by Tank ( Read more... )

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bluegargantua July 4 2007, 01:47:23 UTC

So...

...does this mean we're going to London? If it's playing at the Fringe, we could try crashing with Gregor.

later
Tom

foreign_devilry July 4 2007, 17:12:39 UTC

Um, I would love to. I'm not sure, with GenCon and everything, if I can, but that would be the shit. Hopefully, they'll released a DVD.

liukaiqin July 9 2007, 03:30:17 UTC

Aaaaaaaaaaaah! So let me get this straight - it's in Chinese, director's Chinese, all performers seem to be Chinese, story's chaoji-Chinese ... but the music's British wacky pop and there are kick-ass acrobatics and animated sequences? -Gasp-!

Damon Albarn isn't nearly as Cockney as I thought, when he talks.

Aaaaah!