Damn the man! But is this really the Empire?
Updated: Sep. 17, 2024, 4:13 p.m.The cast of "Empire Records: The Musical" at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton.There has always been something unintentionally ironic about the anthemic cry of “Damn the man! Save the Empire!” from 1995 cult classic film, “Empire Records.” What greater example of “the man” than an empire? But the effortlessly fun coming-of-age dramatic comedy never let this connondrum daunt its rebellious spirit.
Now, thirty years after the release of that enduring movie, we are met at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre with the ill-conceived stage adaptation, “Empire Records: The Musical” that entirely misses the point of the film it is based on.
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