I haven’t done much gaming in a long time with work being busy and all. So this past Saturday when I picked up Disgaea again for the first time in months, I submerged myself in level-uping goodness until 5am. I transmigrated several characters a couple times and am now working on leveling up a legendary Arcadia and a legendary Chakra Belt.
So, after three hours of sleep, I got up and went into the city to meet up with my cousin. We visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art, had lunch at a Cosi, and saw The Lion King on Broadway. The show provided some new music in the African-Disney hybrid style, i.e. strong solo voices tackling chromatic intervals, organic sounding wind and synth, tonic bass and percussive ostinato. Recapitulation of the solo voice from a swelling chorus was also used to produce some rather nice effects. The costume and set design were wonderfully done, though the voices seemed a bit weak at times. And then there was the rather ridiculous scene where Mufasa is trying to explain the “circle of life” to Simba:
“You must respect all life, Simba; the birds, the zebras, the deer…”
“But don’t we eat the deer?”
“Well, you see son, when we lions die, our bodies become food for the earth, which helps the grass grow, and the deer eat the grass. It’s the circle of life.”
My ass.
“Mommy, why did the bad man kill daddy and pillage his corpse?”
“Well, you see son, daddy was a judge. When bad people kill people like daddy, they have to go to court, which helps people like daddy earn money and feed their families. It’s the circle of life.”