Let us travel back to 2008: The strike is the screenwriter: Hollywood has a firm grip on the inside and paralyzes many productions. The Buffy series creator and later Avengers director Joss Whedon decides to put together an independently financed musical superhero web series: Dr. Herrible’s Sing-Along Blog became a cult. 17 years later, the phenomenon receives an unusual German new edition.
Superhero phenomenon Dr. Herrible’s Sing-Along Blog comes as a German stage musical
As a mini series published on YouTube with three episodes of 14 minutes each, Dr. Herrible’s Sing-Along Blog The story of the aspiring super villain Dr. Herrible (Neil Patrick Harris). In his high-end plans, he keeps working with his self-centered hero-peculiar enemy Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion), while at the same time vying with the rival around the good-hearted Penny (Felicia Day).
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As Musical with 14 titles provided Dr. Herrible’s Sing-Along Blog The question of who in this story really the villain for classic comic motifs and who the hero is. The English songs are subtitled for the German -language implementation. Story and figures remain the same, even if they are naturally embodied by German representatives in the stage remake.
After pop culture phenomena such as Harry Potter and Stranger Things came on stage and this year itself is a hunger Games Theater piece at the door, Dr. So horizine his big stage appearance. For example, the Instagram channel of the musical remake offers insights into the German new adaptation of the cult phenomenon:
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Dr. Herrible in Germany: All important facts at a glance
Carrie Steinkrug.
At today’s press conference on the musical remake listed in summer, director Carrie Steinkrug explained, who secured the rights for German adaptation at Joss Whedon:
I see [Deutschland] as Weigh the fantastic: Grimm’s fairy tales, Nosferatu, Metropolis, German Expressionism in the cinema with Dr. Caligari. […] Our production company Otherwood wants to promote this genre in Germany and the Nerd world more combine with culture.
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The web series Dr. Herrible’s Sing-Along Blog had a total term of 43 minutes, but the stage musical adaptation will have a longer term. The figures are therefore further designed, but should preserve the spirit of the template.