Legendary musician Elton John’s latest Broadway musical has turned out to be a bigger flop than your average professional soccer player and according to him, it’s all President-elect Donald Trump’s fault. I mean, who else could be the cause for such a tragic turn of events? We’re talking about Elton freaking John here. With monumental talent contained in just his pinkie fingernail, there’s absolutely no way on this earth he could have created a project that sucked.
I shouldn’t have to say it, but since this is being published on the internet, all of that was sarcasm. The only person to blame for this crappy musical is the dude who wrote it. Period. I knew liberals like John tend to swell up in massive red hives whenever the phrase “personal responsibility” is tossed around, but blaming an incoming president for the failure of a creative endeavor takes the taco.
John spoke with Time magazine, which gave him the honor of Icon of the Year for 2024, where he discussed the critical and commercial failure of his show, “Tammy Faye.”
“It’s a shame for everyone who put so much work in it,” he said to the outlet. “But that’s what happens when you take a chance.”
via Breitbart News:
He and his partner, David Furnish, believe the failure was due to the mood after the election of Donald Trump, according to Time. “It’s a fairly political piece of work,” John said. “And with that you have to press somebody’s buttons. The buttons we pressed last night with the critics weren’t the right ones.” Tammy Faye opened and closed on Broadway in less than a month, making it one of the biggest flops of the year. The musical, which features music by Elton John, follows the lives of the late televangelist and her then-husband, Jim Bakker.
Trump is a longtime fan of Elton John’s music, even using “Rocket Man” as a nickname of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
“I laughed, I thought it was brilliant,” the singer said in a recent, separate interview. “l just thought, ‘Good on you, Donald. The Rocket Man, yeah.’ Donald’s always been a fan of mine, he’s been to my concerts many, many times.”
Maybe if the musical didn’t suck, people would have shown up to see it? I know, I know. That’s crazy talk. But you know, when a piece of art is considered to be disconnected from the times or is on a topic nobody cares about, folks usually don’t show up to support it.
Oh well. Better luck next time, Elton.
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