Hi friends! We have another month of blind spot to tell you about. This month it was a fun one for me because we looked at both Heathers the cult film from 1988 and the more recent Heathers: the Musical which is getting an off-Broadway revival this June.
Manda and I had a great discussion about both projects, and I’d recommend both. Naturally I love the musical more because I love musicals but they both make interesting choices. The movie must have been incredibly shocking for 1988 audiences. It’s a hard R rating and very cynical in its humor and it let’s you know that right away with an opening sequence with Veronica’s head in the grass during a game of croquet.
The musical tries to give everything more humanity where the movie is more of an outright horror story which makes sense especially because the musical is an hour longer. I saw the musical last November at Mad King Productions in Salt Lake (see review here) and it was an incredible experience. I loved the songs and found the whole thing fresh and exciting. My favorite of the songs are probably “Candy Store,” “Dead Girl Walking” and “Lifeboat” with the weaker songs being “My Dead Gay Son” and “You’re Welcome.”
Still I think both are wildly creative and definitely worth checking out. There is a pro-shot of the musical but evidently it wasn’t very good so it is very difficult to track down. You can find slime recordings of the off-Broadway production online but I recommend seeing it for yourself live. You won’t regret it. The movie I also recommend. Just prepare yourself for something sick and twisted.
