Re: Tommy in Germany

[btm805@btrtx9.hrz.uni-bayreuth.de (B. Gramlich)]

Dave, Re:

> > According to Pollstar, the German production of TOMMY has been forced to
> > close due to poor ticket sales.  The first year sold only 217,000 tix vs a
> > projected 700,000.  Bummer.
> > 
> 
> This is probably because they broke the first rule of putting on a 
> production in Germany: Don't mention the war !

Well, in general, you might be right - e.g., all those American kill-the-
-fucking-Krauts war films are not very popular here.  But in the case of Tommy,
this argument doesn't hold:  Of course, the story begins with the war, but in
the context of Tommy, it doesn't matter in which war Captain Walker was
supposed to have been killed.  Germany is not even mentioned troughout Tommy.

Personally, I have no such problems with Tommy.  However, when I listened to
`I've known no war' for the first time, the line `of the German army defeated'
made me shiver a little...

> (I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it).

We are not overly sensitive :-).  This is also a free country where you can
talk about what you like.  Even about the war...

Bernd