I can appreciate the talented singing and the effort they put on of the huge production. Its pretty intense. But I truly dislike musicals. Its not only because musicals are cheap ripoffs of the opera.... Last night to celebrate my wife birthday Lisa demanded that we go see Wicked. I have always told Lisa of my disdain for musicals. So it took a hurculean effort for me to be motivated to go. To quote the musical giant Meatloaf, I always said "I will do anything for love. But I just won't do that(musicals)." For 8 yrs that I have been with Lisa I stood firm on this stance. As I was sitting there at Segerstrom looking around at people who were SUPER excited to see the production, I felt little uneasy. Once again I was really annoyed watching this musical and I will tell you why.
Before I tell you why I dislike musicals I will tell you that I can see why people loved Wicked. The anti hero that was misunderstood. It defines the thespian types that probably always felt misunderstood. But as much as I wanted enjoy this, I was truly happy when it was over. The number one reason why truly dislike musicals? Those crazies that's seen the same production 6 times and they laugh at jokes before the punchline. They anticipate the actor to tell the joke or when a funny moment is coming up, they laugh out loud little bit louder letting you know that they have seen this before. They are showing off their broadway supremacy. Then there are those that sing along. But the worst was when I saw and heard some one lip syncing. How did I hear the lip syncing you ax? Because as they are moving their mouth I can hear the whisper that comes out as they act out the scene. If purgatory existed, that would be it for me. Surrounded by the miserably happy musical lovers reenacting there favorite scene from Cats. Full grown adults in feline suits prentending to be cats and lip syncing to memories....
But even this reminded me of the sacrificial love that Christ bestowed upon us sinners. I am sure as Christ sees us for the sinners that we are, its thousand times worse than how I see those who embrace that sinful show Glee. They refer to themselves as "gleeks". So last night I did my version of sacrificial love. I went against my vow of never watching a musical again and watched Wicked. But so much greater is Christ who died for all the gleeks no matter how infinitely detestable we are. Obviously me sitting through Wicked is not even a comparison of Christ's work on the cross. Baby steps. All I am saying is that I still suffered.... Its my version of suffering for love. You can see how great God's love is. There I was complaining sitting through a musical... Jesus actually gladly died for us.
For those who are fans of musicals and feel offended by what I wrote here don't be. Its just how lame I am as a sinner.