Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: Difference between revisions

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The musical is best known for its very, very [[Troubled Production]]. Several actors were injured during rehearsals and previews, falling while performing the show's elaborate aerial stunts. The script underwent several edits, and Julie Taymor was [[Fallen Creator (Darth Wiki)|fired during the show's preview period]]. There were a whopping one hundred and eighty-two performances before the show debuted, the longest preview period in history.

Storywise, the final product is largely based on the first two [[Sam Raimi]] [[Spider Man (Film)|films]], with the [[Classical Mythology|myth of Arachne]] and the ''[[Maximum Carnage]]'' [[Villain Team Up|story arc]] added into the mix.

Storywise, the final product is largely based on the first two [[Sam Raimi]] [[Spider Man (Film)|films]], with the [[Classical Mythology|myth of Arachne]] and the ''[[Maximum Carnage]]'' [[Villain Team-Up|story arc]] added into the mix.

== This musical contains examples of the following tropes: ==

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* [[Creator Cameo]]: A few U2 snippets appear in the soundtrack. And "Bouncing Off the Walls" is essentially [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of "Vertigo."

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Spidey has one with each of the Sinister Six that lasts just a few seconds. In the first version, he even did it ''[[Badass Normal|without]]'' any of his powers.

* [[Did They or Didn't They]]: Peter blows off fighting crime for a night at home with Mary Jane. A night which he later said was spent with no TV or radio...

* [[Did They or Didn't They?]]: Peter blows off fighting crime for a night at home with Mary Jane. A night which he later said was spent with no TV or radio...

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Arachne, as per her myth. Arguably Peter in Version 1.0, where he jumps off a bridge after Mary Jane knowing he's powerless.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|How the Goblin dies. During the final confrontation, Spidey webs him to a piano he'd been using for a musical number, and when the Goblin unintentionally pulls it off the Chrysler Building, he's dragged down with it.}}

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* [[Love Triangle]]: Arachne-Peter-Mary Jane, in Version 1.0 only.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Osborn. His own wife even refers to him as such.

** [[Mad ~~Scientists~~ Beautiful Daughter|Mad Scientist's]] [[Hot Scientist|Beautiful Wife]]: Emily [[Happily Married|loves Norman deeply]], but worries that his obsession with proving his theories correct is causing him to lose his mind.

** [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Mad Scientist's]] [[Hot Scientist|Beautiful Wife]]: Emily [[Happily Married|loves Norman deeply]], but worries that his obsession with proving his theories correct is causing him to lose his mind.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: The Green Goblin mocks one of Peter's songs in Version 1.0.

** He also directs a few comments at the audience in the current version.

* [[Morality Chain]]: After the death of his wife, Norman grows [[Sanity Slippage|progressively more insane and violent]]. (The [[Body Horror|severe mutations]] could also be a factor, though.)

* [[Never My Fault]]: The Green Goblin. "Emily ... died... ''because of you [Spider-Man]!''"

* [[One Winged Angel]]: The Goblin sprouts a pair of wings for the final confrontation atop the Chrysler Building.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: The Goblin sprouts a pair of wings for the final confrontation atop the Chrysler Building.

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: The Viper corporation, which offers to fund Osborn's research so he'll create [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] for them.

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: The Sinister Six.

* [[Recycled Script]]: The first version had quite a bit of dialogue from the first movie in it. The second got rid of most of it, but scenes like Spider-Man saving a baby from a fire still seem directly lifted.

* [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]]

* [[Self Deprecation]]: ''"I'm a sixty-five million dollar circus tragedy..."''

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: ''"I'm a sixty-five million dollar circus tragedy..."''

* [[Self Disposing Villain]]: {{spoiler|The Goblin ends up killing himself accidentally.}}

* [[Shout Out]]: Peter asks Mary Jane if ''The Fantasticks'' is a musical version of the [[Fantastic Four]].