094: Evil Dead: The Musical (2006) - Candarian Demons (Ah Ooo)

A Matter of Taste

Not pictured: 15 entire Black Knight's worth of fake blood.
SPOILERS FOR EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL.
In this episode:

• Early on we talk about the particular energy and the unique complications of live shows. This is not the last time this will come up.
• Evil Dead is the only example of a musical we'll be discussing this summer where it’s just part of a media phenomenon instead of being the primary text.
• This is the conversation that Fio was referencing on the podcast regarding Del Toro as a new showrunner for a theoretical Twilight Zone reboot.
• How it’s impossible for this musical to exist in a vacuum.
• Minor point about how Ash is Bruce Campbell, he hasn’t really had a chance (nor has anyone really made the attempt) to divorce him from that.
• Why "Do the Necronomicon" doesn’t really work.
• We get into a brief discussion about weird things that are integral to characters that show up late in their narratives.
• The difficulty in suspending disbelief in horror and how it contrasts with the difficulty in suspending disbelief in musicals.

THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:

• Ephemera from the notes and timestamps:
• BLOOD WEDDING ASIDE
• From Ian: I know you just mean “we have a long aside about Blood Wedding,” but I kind of want to read this as “BLOOD WEDDING ASIDE, THERE IS SOME CONTENT ABOUT THE EVIL DEAD MUSICAL ON THIS EPISODE, REALLY.”
• I spent like 20 minutes last episode talking about how much I love that REPO! is “for nobody” but when talking about extreme haunted houses, I’m ranting “WHO IS THIS FOR?”
• Fio makes an aside to NiN, drink.
• 100% taking credit for "Ole Billy Shats"

Music:

• "This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | SoundCloud | Bandcamp |
• “What the Fuck Was That?” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | YouTube | Amazon |
• “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | YouTube | Amazon |
• “We Will Never Die” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | YouTube | Amazon |

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