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Law & Order: Criminal Intent targets Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
The troubled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has been investigated by the New York State Department of Labor, lampooned by Saturday Night Live and savaged by critics. And now the $70 million musical is about to endure Law & Order‘s ripped-from-the-headlines treatment.
TVLine reports that an upcoming episode of NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent will center on “a high-flying, fast-crashing show” called Icarus, whose director is described in the casting breakdown as “high-strung and larger-than-life,” and “a born-again drunk.”
However, while ousted Spider-Man director Julie Taymor oversaw the production when four actors were injured — a fifth was hurt after her firing — her television counterpart will be at the helm when a performer is murdered. Of course, Taymor isn’t the only person cast in an unflattering light (this is the Law & Order franchise, after all): The episode also features a rock-star composer named Arno who’s secretly bisexual and cheating on his wife.
There’s no word yet on when the CI episode will air. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark — the real one — is on hiatus through May 12 while a new creative team, led by Philip William McKinley, makes sweeping changes to the show. Opening night is scheduled for June 14.
10 Comments
Chris Jones
April 25, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Hysterical.
Redem
April 25, 2011 at 1:40 pm
For once the L&O episode is less over the top than the real thing
RealityCheck
April 25, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Ummm wasn’t Law&Order:CI canceled? This sounds fishy. Then again the Spiderman Musical should be stopped as it was a bad idea to start with.
El Santo
April 25, 2011 at 1:44 pm
@RealityCheck: It was renewed for another season, if the commercials on the USA Network are to be believed. It’s not on NBC, though: that might be where the confusion comes from.
Snikt snakt
April 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Show this on L&O: SVU if you want people to actually watch it.
Whenever they plan to air the episode they should continually DELAY the premiere, like they did w/the real thing!
Scud
April 25, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Apparently terrible things go great together.
Dwo
April 25, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Most of the stuff about Spider-man over the past five years makes me depressed. the Amazing comic book with it’s bizarre magical ressurections and false promises. The reboot of the movies. This monstrosity. Look what they did to Doc Ock in the book. It’s horrendous. Does that thing even talk. It’s just a gob of flesh. Lame!
I don’t find this amusing. It’s just a confirmation of the destruction of the character.
spardyman
April 26, 2011 at 5:59 am
Hey Kevin, being bisexueal is seen as an “unflattering” trait?
Snikt snakt
April 26, 2011 at 6:26 am
“Hey Kevin, being bisexueal is seen as an “unflattering” trait?”
I think its the “cheating on his wife” part that did it…
Dan Bailey
April 26, 2011 at 12:50 pm
“Hey Kevin, being bisexueal is seen as an “unflattering” trait?”
It might be if you’re the self-styled Messiah.