A cleverer script could have made its point and remained tactfully agnostic, but it's still amusing to see mumblecore's trademark naturalism leavened by some old-fashioned movie magic.
"I hope it's still amusing and that the songs are entertaining, and that people get a laugh out of it".
Sometimes they're really not, but that's ok because it's still amusing.
It's a bit of an in-joke, an earnest black and white movie with an utterly absurd premise, but is still amusing.
With a rich, consuming plot, this book is quite different from most of the famous writer's books (well not totally different – the writing is still amusing and profound).
(To be fair, Sheila Gibbs, an original cast member now in the role of Rafiki, the witch-doctorish soothsayer, is highly engaging; Tom Alan Robbins, who originated the role of Pumbaa and is back in the show, is still amusing, if a little weary-seeming, in the part, and Samuel E. Wright, who originated the role of Mufasa and has also returned, was out the night I attended).
Caliban's lunatic attachment to the clown and the butler, and the enchantment of the shipwrecked Neopolitan court by mischievous gods, are still amusing, but less innocent when we are reminded that these people are not fate's fools but Prospero's.
The interludes are always the least interesting aspects of the shows for me, but they are still amusing and they again increase the anticipation of the next feat of acrobatics, juggling, or some other impressive skill.
No, but it is still pretty entertaining and amusing on its own terms.
Yet after laughing at Mr Bennett, it is still worth re-examining his message, which is not so amusing.
