I looked up the Bollfrass lawsuit now. No, I did not know anything about that before. But as I said, it would be a good musical, anyway.

I'd also love to see a MUSE musical! And don't misunderstand me, I am not talking about Musicals where everything is funny and everybody is hopping around on stage. I mean a Rock Musical with dark and depressive scenes. (Maybe a bit like Chess or Les Miserables, which become very dramatic towards the end or like Jesus Christ Superstar, Tanz der Vampire is also quite dark (And here I mean the german production and not the one for broadway where they changed the whole show to make it more funny!) Ryan Scott Olivers "35mm - A musical Exhibition" is also adressing some dark topics as in "Leave Luanne" or "The Ballad of Sarah Berry") I think something like this could work for Muse as well. Act I: could be the story up to the scene where the two are caught by the thought police. First there could be a few songs explainig what it is all about politically,.... (like "United States of Eurasia", and "Uprising") Then the love story would be told using the songs "undisclosed desires", "I belong to you" and then "the resistance", when they are caught. Act II: would be the part where they are in jail and the people there are breaking them: The other songs could be used there (like "MK Ultra" and "Unnatural Selection"). The final song would be Exogenesis where he is finally broken and is released into society again. With the words "let's start over again" it would fit perfectly in that context. I'd finished reading the book by coincidence shortly before "the resistance" came out and I was really astonished of how well the whole album actually matched the story. I can only recommend to everybody: read the book and then listen to the songs again!

of course they are aware of the implications, that's also why they are voluntarily giving away all their private information on facebook and so on... However, that's not what I wanted to discuss here, and now that is also where I will leave it be. I just think it would be a good musical.

And that's why we just ignore itr, or give up? Sorry, that's not my way of thinking. Anyway, just as I said. I think it would be a great show.

I did actually call it a MUSEical in the Headline

Yes, I meant the book 1984. That is also what I meant before. The story is already there, and the music, too. (1984 was Matts inspiration for the Album "The Resistance", at least I've read that somewhere...) Although total surveillance is moaned about. Nothing is done against it. People know it, but they do not care, because they think: "I've got nothing to hide". But in fact eveybody does. The moment people don't get their jobs, because they have been ill quite a lot during the last months, they will realize that, but then it will be too late. That is all I've got to say about it. I can imagine a Musical like this. And I am sure that it would get a lot of attention. And by the way, have you watched the Tony awards this year or maybe last year? All the musicals on Broadway are remakes. Remakes of musicals, and remakes of movies. Plus: the stories are usually very simple. 1984 would be a remake of a book, yes, but who cares, if it is good?

Have you read it? It is an absolutely brilliant story. It would be extremely dramatic as a Musical and moreover, the topic is (if you think of PRISM) a very current one. I really do believe that such a mucisal would also help to raise some awareness considering the topic of total surveillance.

Hi there, I just had an idea. Why not make a 1984 rock Musical out of the Album "THE RESTISTANCE" The Music is there, the story is there. It just needs a bit of adaptation. (I just found out that Josh Groban is a big MUSE fan. He has already played in Musicals (Chess and the Fiddler on the Roof) Work together with him and with Tim Rice or maybe with Ryan Scott Oliver and you would get a brilliant show) Yours, Sabine