Much as I love the group, I dunno… they’re all pretty old now, and of course Graham Chapman has long since shuffled off this mortal coil. I was underwhelmed by Spamalot. Can they really catch lightning in a bottle a second time? Will whatever they do now almost invariably not hold up to comparisons with their earlier work?
I hate to sound defeatist, but it might just be best for them not to try.
I have a feeling it’s going to turn into a redoing of their City Center show, which had its own problems - mainly, everybody was already familiar with their sketches, and what invariably happened was, the crowd went crazy when they realized what bit they were doing, then they sat through it, then the whole thing pretty much collapsed and the crowd went wild again.
It shouldn’t be just Python (besides, they’re going to need additional bodies on stage to do the Lumberjack Song properly); it should be more along the lines of the Secret Policeman’s Ball shows. Besides - without Graham, it won’t work as well.
Oh well - it could be worse; somebody could try to film a remake of Monty Python & the Holy Grail (but this time, there would be a bonus scene after the closing credits - also, there would be closing credits - where they find the Grail at Harrod’s, because “everybody knows you can find anything at Harrod’s.”
They KNOW they’re old. They KNOW what the audience will do if they trot out the old stuff. Dare we hope for utter shining brilliance? Or did Eric just tell them they’ll make a lot of money no matter what crap they put on stage?
I don’t think I could take seeing Carol again, knowing how smoking hot she was back in the '60s and '70s. I feel the same way about Felicity Kendall, Joanna Lumley, Charlene Tilton…
I say this as someone who is also no spring chicken. Growing old is such a drag! :mad: