Critique

When I was congratulated last week on the success of my new musical “Blokbusta” I had to investigate, after all it was April 1st! A friend of mine is the author and he had asked me to write a prologue for the programme, I also attended the opening but that is where my involvement ends. Of course the show is full of Sweet songs and many others from the Glam-era. Apparently The Times reviewed “Blokbusta” and that is how I got the message. The review wasn’t too good but that isn’t important because it was in The Times and that in itself is what matters not the content. “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about” - Oscar Wilde. How true. I then got to thinking if the review doesn’t matter then why bother. There was a time in New York on Broadway when a new play/musical could stand or fall by certain critics reviews. Times were very different and communication fairly limited so a bad review in the New York Times meant something. These days communication is not a problem - in fact reviews can appear on the internet within minutes of the event - in fact we have had reviews of our gigs before we have got back to our hotel! So who can be a critic today, well we all can of course. We all have opinions and that is where the problems start. I love Art, Opera, Theatre etc but there is no way I could be a reviewer because my opinion is exactly that and so it goes. Anyway I digress, the success of a musical like “Blokbusta” no longer lies in the hands of the critic so if the music of the 70s is your thing, go and see it while it is still running and make up your own mind.

FYI - the review of “Ballroom Blitz” in the N.M.E (enemy) was just two words “Unadulterated Rubbish” - it went on to sell almost 2 million and hung around the BBC charts at number 2 for 6 weeks beaten to the number 1 spot by “Eye Level” (Van der Valk TV theme) - “Blitz” actually went to number 1 in the N.M.E chart!

Andrew Scott - 59 years and 9 months

ps - see you at the Robin in June where we can have a pre-birthday celebration.

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