random comments on watching Das Rheingold on PBS

[castiron]

[insert random commentary on the Rhinemaidens' costumes, though actually they do a darn good job singing while suspended]

Spouse: What kind of costume is Alberich supposed to be wearing?

Castiron: Maybe he's an extra from The Hobbit.

[On better look, he's clearly an extra from the pay-per-view edition of The Hobbit.]

***

Spouse: Hey, Alberich looks like Lister from Red Dwarf.

[later]

Spouse: It's glam-rock Wotan! Hey, Wotan looks like Meatloaf.

Castiron: Rocky Horror Ring Cycle?

***

Castiron: Oh, that's why they did that thing with Wotan's hairstyle; it's to show that he's one-eyed.

Spouse: What, they couldn't temporarily surgically remove the singer's eye for the duration of the show? There's no dedication to art anymore.

***

[large chunk of opera missed due to older son arriving home, but it's nice background music]

***

Spouse: My, the costume designers were really inspired by American pop culture; I swear that I've seen the guy playing Loge on Saturday Night Live.

[later]

Spouse: Oh, now I recognize him! It's Eraserhead!

Castiron: What, like the David Lynch movie?

Spouse: Yeah! And didn't John Lithgow once play a creepy role where he had that hairstyle?

Castiron: ....

***

Overall, good enough that we'll likely watch the next three nights (and I'll likely buy the DVD if one is released); I'm hoping the Ride of the Valkyries occurs when younger son is still awake, as he recognizes the music from The Blues Brothers.

Tangentially, someone *has* to have written a Thor fanfic where Thor and Loki watch the Ring Cycle and Loki snarks the inaccuracies.