Product: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 3.0
An amazing "technicolor" musical comedy
In my opinion, the most apt description of this video is the one amazon.com has given it above.Bright, colorful, playful, musical, and even a bit zany, JOSEPH comes to technicolor life in this one of a kind show. It seems though, that audiences will love it or hate it. I guess I fall somewhere in between.While the performers take a tiny bit of getting used to, especially for those familiar with the show, once you get the idea that this is a show within a show within a movie, then you are halfway there. You have to watch it with a sense of fun and joy. It reminded me of "Joseph" as performed by the cast of "Willy Wonka" thrown into the set of "Brazil", with a dash of "Sillyville" and "Las Vegas Glitz". This is not a serious treatment of the material, but rather a comical one (or one with tongue placed firmly in cheek). View it that way, and you will have a ball.The sets are phenomenal, especially the giant Pharoah head and the magical "cartoon" desert. I can't believe I was laughing so hard so many times, as I know the material so well, and was consistently surprised by the manner in which it was portrayed.As for the suggestive costumes, they last merely seconds on the screen, and concerned parents (see posts below) should learn how to program their parental controls on their DVD players. Other parents would realize that little kids won't even notice what the big deal is all about (They will probably simply cover their eyes if they react at all!). Kids see worse on MTV!As for irreverance, I would bet more kids would be likely to crack open a bible after watching this than those who had never heard of it.As a big fan of Webber and Rice, I am glad that this video has finally been made, even if I would have liked to have seen it done differently. Take it lightly and you will have an "amazing" time.