Upcoming 'Nerds' Broadway Musical Chronicles Rivalry Between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

[mixel]

I have no problem with being called either a geek or a nerd. Some of the best people are and have been. The labels aren't Really a problem, and if quite proudly consider myself one of "them."

I'd also go and see this musical if it got good reviews and it didn't seem too cringy.

 

[phrehdd]

Yes, they'll have such hit standards as -

Any OS you can build I can build better - Jobs
To market to market to sell a bloated fat pig - Gates
My in-tell says its worth the risc - company

and the list goes on...

 

[MH01]

It's a comedy. Relax people

Steve jobs was a person, people can write books, plays, movies etc. It's your choice If you don't read it/watch it.

As for calling Gates and jobs nerds.......they established two of the biggest IT/computer giants.....yeah I'd say the average person would say they were on the nerdier side. From the facts I've read, don't remember many sporting awards.....

 

[GeneralChang]

It's a sign of immaturity, is all. That society at large regards them as weird basement dwellers is unfortunate, and surely shouldn't be such an important aspect to a documentary about the two that it makes for a good title.

While I don't disagree with the central germ of your statement, I would question whether society at large still holds this view, or whether it is simply a minority that happens to be very vocal.

It is, of course, difficult to say with any certainty. And I may be a bit of an optimist.
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Music & Lyrics are seperate from the Book. Did these guys write the Music & Lyrics?

They didn't write the music, but they did write the lyrics. I'm not totally positive on the exact line there, but my understanding is that since their writing includes aspects of the musical portions of the show, what they wrote was technically the libretto. Though in that case it would include the guy who wrote the music. Who wasn't included but was instead credited separately with the music.

Perhaps the proper way to handle the crediting is to simply say that "they wrote the book and the lyrics and this other guy wrote the music." There's also the chance I'm thinking way too hard about this.

 

[kds1]

While I don't disagree with the central germ of your statement, I would question whether society at large still holds this view, or whether it is simply a minority that happens to be very vocal.

It is, of course, difficult to say with any certainty. And I may be a bit of an optimist.
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They didn't write the music, but they did write the lyrics. I'm not totally positive on the exact line there, but my understanding is that since their writing includes aspects of the musical portions of the show, what they wrote was technically the libretto. Though in that case it would include the guy who wrote the music. Who wasn't included but was instead credited separately with the music.

Perhaps the proper way to handle the crediting is to simply say that "they wrote the book and the lyrics and this other guy wrote the music." There's also the chance I'm thinking way too hard about this.

So then the proper way to refer to it is "book and lyrics by" and "music by". In any case, calling it a "screenplay" is pure ignorance.

 

[GeneralChang]

So then the proper way to refer to it is "book and lyrics by" and "music by". In any case, calling it a "screenplay" is pure ignorance.

Well yes. Or at least oversight. I don't think there's any question there.