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 | Title : Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20020924
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
While the idea of infusing a weekly TV series with a Broadway musical ethos isn't exactly a new one--think Randy Newman's ambitious Cop Rock--it became something of a turn-of the-century television mini-trend. But few have reached as far--or succeeded--like this November 2001 episode of Fox Network's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Penned by series creator-producer Joss Whedon and performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar and cast, it's a loving, loopy musical pastiche that takes potshots at everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to alt-rock. Paralleling the show's lovable pop culture tweaking, the musical styles here (the episode's musical conceit is a curse visited upon Buffy's hometown of Sunnydale) range from a patent footlight chorus of demons being interrupted by Gellar's hard-rocking stake thrusts on 'Going Through the Motions' to Spike the Vampire's goth-metal complaint 'Rest in Peace,' with everything from parking tickets and mustard stain removal to climactic duels with the supernatural getting the Broadway send-up. Also includes strong orchestral score-suites from three other episodes, as well as Whedon and wife Kai Cole's demo for 'Something to Sing About.'
Buyer Reviews :
What a delicious treat! This album is fun and accessible, although Buffy fans will most enjoy the in-jokes and plot developments. The whole cast is great, and the songs are as good as those in any Broadway musical - better, in fact, than most. There are moments both funny and sad - a classic Buffy trademark. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll sing along.
The sad thing about Buffy-the-show, as well as Buffy-the-musical, is that they really are too good for the audience and genre. Buffy is so much better and deeper than it needs to be, although with an unlikely enough horror premise to turn most people off. But don't be fooled - Buffy is art - high- and low- brow, often simultaneously. Come join the party!
(by A music fan)
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