|
|
Article: `Jerry Springer the Opera' seeks to satirize and shock
- Article from:
- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- January 30, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. (Hide copyright information)
|
Before there were Britney, Lindsay and Paris, the needy folks who make appearances on Jerry Springer's television talk show fulfilled our voyeuristic fantasies about the lives of those ready to self-destruct.
The TV series may seem a distant memory for some (although the program is still on the air), but it has definite pop-culture status. One of its more usual legacies: "Jerry Springer the Opera," which belatedly has made its New York debut _ several years after successful productions in Edinburgh, Scotland, and London.
This concert version, done for two performances Tuesday and Wednesday at Carnegie Hall and starring Harvey Keitel as a non-singing Springer, ...