Billi Pod Is Restless

It is another gray day in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World, but at least it isn’t raining at the moment and that is a big plus because Billi Pod woke up this morning with a massive case of “cabin fever.”

Yeah, I know ... I’ve been going out and about but the nasty weather has kept me from doing any long distance walking for the last several days and that is beginning to bother Billi Pod. So ... as soon as he posts this brief (stop the f**king applause, dammit) update he will try to get in about 3 miles ... so ... tada ...

Let’s get this started with Billi Pod’s report card on ...

THE SPHINX WINX==>B<==very energetic cast. Show grew on me. Lots of zingers and topical references ... some work, some don’t.

I don’t think the critics are going to like it but so what ... I did and so did my theater buddy Dian Crystal and her friend.

If you are in the mood for something a bit quirky, then this is worth seeing. If not, then stay away.

Tonight’s entertainment event is ...

8:00==>SPIDERMAN: Turn Off the Dark - version 2.0. Yeah, I know, I know ... it has been “totally reworked.”

Billi Pod saw version 1.O back in December and hated it. This is what he reported back then ...

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"Billi Pod’s report card on SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK==>total bummer<==music and book suck and this comes from a major Bono/U2 fan. First 30 minutes of swinging/flying OK, then it becomes redundant. No tech. problems, thank God, although a couple of times stage hands were seen picking things up from the stage floor. My seat was 4th row in the orchestra to the side - very good, actually.

Act 1 is so-so, but, OMFG==>Act 2 is totally incomprehensible, made so by the addition (100% needless) of “Spider-Woman.” Someone squash that bitch.

In all honesty, unless you are familiar with the Spiderman story line there is no way you can understand what is going on. There is no build up to a climatic ending. In fact, when it is “over” the audience isn’t sure it is until the actors begin to appear for their curtain calls, to very tepid applause.

People around me looked bored and uneasy and kept looking at their watches. Not over till 11:00. Thank God Billi Pod had a discounted ticket.

The sad part, there ain’t no way to fix this piece of crap and this comes from someone who went into the show with an open mind, hoping all of the nay-sayers were wrong. Well, they weren’t because this show SUCKS!!!"

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Very mixed buzz on version 2.0. I have an excellent discounted TDF ticket in the orchestra. We will see and Billi Pod will give his usual fair and unbiased report card tomorrow.

Really restless ... so ... will close by observing that Yankee bats finally, and I mean finally, came alive last night as they broke a 6 game losing streak beating The Rays 6-2. A-Rod hit two home-runs ... ‘bout time.

GO YANKEES AND GO GATORS!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”