I watched the Netflix musical Tick, Tick ...Boom! a couple of weeks ago, and didn't review it.
Probably because I didn't much care for it. I found most of the music pretty uninspiring and had a dated feeling, and the main character - the real life writer of the musical Rent - is not only played pretty gay for a straight guy (maybe that's how he was), but he's also kind of irritating and not very likeable.
If it has any value, I thought it was in showing what a ridiculously hard life musically creative types can have - the struggle to get noticed and work performed in the New York theatre scene looks awful. But I guess we already knew that: "Don't let your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington" was written a long time ago. On a more positive note, when you think about it, we should consider ourselves lucky that anyone sticks it out long enough to become a success and put on shows, plays (or movies) which we really do respond to.
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