Monday Media Musings - 6/13/22

Hadestown: I've long been curious about this musical, and after a couple of postponements, it's finally come to San Francisco. I don't usually listen to album versions of musicals I don't know (Hamilton being the big exception), so I wasn't familiar with the music at all, and knew very little else beyond it being a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. It's a brilliant show -- strong cast, both acting and musically, excellent music, beautiful production values. It's interesting watching this so close on the heels of playing Hades, which isn't really an Orpheus and Eurydice retelling, but it does focus strongly on the romance between Hades and Persephone, which is the main secondary plot of Hadestown. To be honest, I think I prefer how the game set up their story and resolved it. ( Spoilers for both the show and the game )

I should do some reading on Hadestown and what the storytellers were intending their message to be, as well as other takes on how people read it.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: I've watched the first episode. It was good, and yet somehow I'm not compelled to pick up the next one. Am I done with purely episodic Trek? But I liked Lower Decks. I've heard so much positive buzz about this one that I'm sure I should just keep going. Anyone have thoughts (no spoilers please)? Not sure why I'm so uninspired by it. (I do know why I'm not super inspired by the first two episodes of Picard Season 2, but that's a different topic, and I'll get back to it later.)