Sep 14, 2023
#243 – Two Broadway Musicals, Succession and GOATs doing GOAT $hit!
In this episode I speak about watching two Broadway Musicals: MJ and Back to the Future! I also speak about watching the HBO series, Succession and wrap it up with another addition to our legendary segment “GOATs doing GOAT $hit” where we celebrate the true champions of greatness and highlight the phenomenal achievements of extraordinary individuals.
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Links referenced in this episode:
MJ the Musical: https://newyork.mjthemusical.com/
Michael Jackson - Dangerous Diary MTV 1992 HD: https://youtu.be/OWC5uPK93fE?si=MQpzBldf_k9gqxoO
Back to the Future the Musical: https://www.backtothefuturemusical.com/new-york/
Succession: https://www.hbo.com/succession/season-1
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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] What up? What up, folks? What's going on? Welcome to the Spun Today podcast, the only podcast that is anchored in writing, but unlimited in scope. I'm your host, Tony Ortiz, and I appreciate you listening. This is episode 243 of the Spun Today podcast. And in this episode, I speak about two Broadway musicals,
which I can't believe I took this long to mention them,
especially for one in particular.
So definitely stay tuned for that. I also speak about
watching the Succession Series.
An HBO series that I was definitely late to, but had the added benefit of being late
in that it allowed me to binge the entire series.
And lastly, I wrap it up with another addition to our legendary segment goats doing goat shit where we celebrate the true champions of greatness and highlight the phenomenal achievements of extraordinary individuals.
Stay tuned for all that good stuff. But first I wanted to tell you [00:01:00] guys about a.
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The first musical that I wanted to tell you guys about was
MJ, the [00:02:00] musical.
Here is the official synopsis. He's one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson's unique and unparalleled artistry has finally arrived on Broadway in a brand new musical centered around the making of his 1992 dangerous world tour. And created by Tony award winning director, choreographer, Christopher And two time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status.
I went to check this out with my best friend, Steven. Shout out to Steven's Spun Today alumni, who has been on the pod several times in the past. We thought it would be cool to check out.
You know,
kid touching and molestation and all that,
which has obviously [00:03:00] tarnished
Michael Jackson and how we view him,
all that aside.
And I know in and of itself, it's like a controversial topic where some folks are like, no, they're all 100 percent rumors and nothing like that ever happened. Nothing was ever proven in court. And then the other folks on the other side where say. You know, the rumors have been rumors for decades for a reason.
It's all true. It was even worse. I know the audience is split when it comes to that.
From an artistic body of work perspective, he's obviously, as the little synopsis says there,
one of the most legendary entertainers of all time.
Now from attending and, you know,
watching this musical,
And for someone who likes going to like Broadway plays and musicals and enjoys that
genre of art and acting and singing and stuff like that as a consumer, from that perspective, [00:04:00] we had a great time.
And Michael Jackson in his heyday, I was a kid for that, a little kid, but I obviously know his music and his body of work and I think you'd be hard pressed not to find. Or to find someone that wasn't aware
of any of it,
but I obviously never saw him live or anything like that
going to see this play, though, the way they did it,
you definitely get that experience, albeit at a much smaller scale, but you definitely get the, like, you feel you're watching Michael Jackson. That's how good of a performance, not just the Michael Jackson characters did with it.
But just the entire cast and the world that they built and created around it.
And from a storytelling perspective, it was interesting how they did it. Because it is this very, and I guess, makes sense. In terms of it being like a deliberate conscious [00:05:00] move to do it this way. So you don't have to bring in a lot of like the things we know about Michael now. The allegations and court cases and...
Drug abuse and, and stuff like that. So they didn't have to bring too much of that into the story because again, from a storytelling perspective, it's a very myopic focused view of
his time around
his 1992 dangerous world tour, which is his biggest tour ever. One of the biggest tours ever.
And it was chronicling, the buildup to that,
all the practice sessions.
And how he was as an artist
getting ready for that performance.
And in the play, there
is an MTV crew that was given access to chronicle this whole thing to d…