February 15, 2005
possible story line!
the spice world movie will be a "spice girls embarking on a reunion tour" in which the present-day spice girls, after calling each other together and finding the process of re-activating girl power hilariously more difficult in their late 30s, decide to tour the world as New Spice.
Of course, a has-been boy band (haven't decided which one yet, gotta do some research) decides to go on tour at the exact same time, and, wackily enough, are trying to book the exact same stadium location.
Of course, both managers/bands have a difficult time convincing the venue booking agents that they could even *fill* a stadium, so, of course, they have to do a sing-off competition.....
After their inevitable triumph, the girls ask the boys to open for them and everyone will live happily ever after.
The End!!!
Posted by Heather at 04:54 PM | Comments (0)
February 01, 2005
A Modest Proposal
When I came home from our last "Hero" meeting, I was buzzing....trying to piece together a project that would use all of our resources in a fun and potentially profitable way...something that would show off what we can do while simultaneously helping to build a sort of 'subscriber base.'
The project would need music. and video. dance. improv. energy. irony...and sincerity.
I turned on the tv and there it was. An adaptable idea that would be SO much fun to make our own:
The Project?
Spice World.
I saw it instantly: Five Drag Divas in the weeks before their first tour...an adorable butchy documentary crew recording it all...a neurotic manager struggling to keep 'the girls' on schedule while, herself, falling in love with the most obvious-to-everyone-but-herself fashion...
we have the bare bones, and I can't imagine anyone wouldn't want to join the fun:
1) House Band -> it's legal to do live covers, so we'd have to cover the songs, and it'd be awesome to have the energy of a live band!
2) Videographer(s) -> to move the plot along, as well as to cover scene/costume changes, we'd need to make a few video segments - photoshoots with lots of fun costume changes, a chase scene through famous chicago landmarks, perhaps the villan could be ALL video....
3) Dance -> heck, Sporty Spice alone would need someone with mad dance/acrobat skills, and Scary Spice needs MOVES.
4) Costume and Makeup -> the girls, the villan, the manager, the documentary crew...heck, even the house management would need to look Fabulous. and Wild.
5) Marketing -> the movie came out in 1997. spice girls fans are now old enough to be spending money - and to be reminiscing. Having girls nights out. Bachelorette parties. and, people, how many visuals and taglines can we do for an improv (drag) musical about the spice girls? seriously?
6) Improv Guest Moments -> ok, the whole show, once the bones are in place, can be open to amusing moments of improv. in the movie, there are TONS of guest stars (Hugh Laurie. Elvis Costello. Meat Loaf. Jennifer Saunders. Roger Moore.) we could involve fake celebrity/reality tv/political 'guest stars'! for your fans of the topical and to keep the show feeling 'fresh' - oh my god. improv as douche. how hilarious.
The movie itself, while a bit too literal and flat, has some really fun high points and performance potential. Several silly bits include:
--when their friend goes into labor at a fetish dance club
--when the director of their television appearance (for the tour) surprises them with hot, half-naked, pelvic-thrusting backup dancer boys
--when they all switch costumes at the photoshoot and mock each other's 'characters' (my favorite quote is scary spice as ginger spice: "girl power blah blah blah")
anyway. that's my proposal. to adapt spiceworld for the stage. if you like the idea, I'll do a transcript of the main through-line of the movie and have it up in the next two weeks.
feel free to comment on this site, directly - let me know what you think!!!
Posted by Heather at 04:26 PM | Comments (3)