Time for the
heads to hear yet another movie pitch, millions of dollars on the line for
those who are successful. Next up we have producers Laurence Mark, Jenno Toppin
and Peter Chernin, they want $84million dollars for their movie musical: The
Greatest Showman loosely based on the life PT Barnum, who once publicly
displayed the autopsy of his slave.
WHOOAAAAAAA
Ladies and
Gents, this is the movie you’ve waited for
WHOOAAAAAAA
Historical
accuracy, it doesn’t matter anymore
WHOOAAAAAAA
The money this makes is something you can’t ignore
Not a box
office Bomb
Album Number
One
And
merchandise, we’re never done
Don’t fight
it, it’s gonna make us all lots of money
Take a
tragedy and make it into something funny
And some
dancing, pad the movie out to make it longer
Don’t bother
with a plot, it won’t make this stronger
Make the
crowd feel like they’re watching a play
For several
months in the cinema this will stay
There’s a
formula for getting hands in their wallets, do you want to know?
This is how
it’s gotta go!
Fill it with
the songs the crowd will like
Even if the
story’s kinda shite
Big box
office figures
This film
will deliver
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
Hugh Jackman
in the lead
Box Office
Guaranteed
Who cares
what we make up
It’s just entertainment
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
WHOOAAAA
Who cares if
Barnum really was a piece of sh*t
WHOOAAAA
If we mellow
him out, this movie will be a hit
Don’t fight
it, it’ll make us all lots of money
Take a
tragedy and make it into something funny
Add some
drama, don’t go too far off what they know
Listen
carefully, this is how it’s gotta go!
Fill it with
the songs the crowd will like
Even if the
story’s kinda shite
Big box
office figures
This film
will deliver
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
Hugh Jackman
in the lead
Box Office
Guaranteed
Who cares
what we make up
It’s just
entertainment
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
It’ll make you
all the cash you want
Satisfy your
corporate greed
For the next
few months or so
It’ll give
us all you’ll ever need
It’ll make
us all the cash we want
Satisfy our
corporate greed
Keep your
share price in the green
It’ll give
us all we’ll ever need
ALL THAT
WE’LL EVER NEED
Fill it with
the songs the crowd will like
Even if the
story’s kinda shite
Big box
office figures
This film
will deliver
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
Hugh Jackman
in the lead
Box Office
Guaranteed
Who cares
what we make up
It’s just
entertainment
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
Look at that
dough right in front of you
May seem
impossible, you know it’s true
Nothing can
stop us now
THIS IS THE
GREATEST SHOW-MAN
And this is
the Greatest Showman review
The Greatest
Showman was, and there’s no doubt about this, massively successful. Making
money week after week at the box office, even increasing in the US after its
opening weekend. It made $435 million by combine that with licencing deals,
album sales, merchandise, DVD’s, this thing was a helluva money spinner for Fox.
Critically,
the response has been mixed, it currently holds a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
with a 5.9/10 average score, it’s a big disparity with the audience rating of
87% with an 4.4/5 average score. So, do the audience see something the critics
don’t, or is it the other way around? Well, you might be able to guess given my
parody song lyric opening, but let’s dive in anyway.
