You Were A Good Man Charlie Brown Analysis

This year Spring Hill High School put on the musical of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Which ended up being some of the most famous Peanuts Comic Strips that were sung and acted out for the audience. The original musical was performed in 1967, and was directed by Clark Gesner. During the presentation of the musical on Thursday, very few members of the audience knew what was going on, because it did not have a plot. Although, the musical was enjoyable for the older generation because they grew up reading the Peanuts Comic Strips and could relate to the production. Now the musical had some things that were enjoyable for the younger audience such as the casting, props, and a few of the out of the norm scenes. For example, Suppertime in Act 2. Despite, all of the good elements the musical possessed, it lacked a plot that was easy to follow, good choreography, and the lack of the famous Peanuts Comic Strip Kick the Football, Charlie Brown! With those key points missing the musical, it was not very entertaining and rather boring. Although, the musical was not very good, the directors Mr. Buffum and Mrs. Whitman, were very proud of their actors for doing the best they could.
First of all, the musical did not have a plot. Even though, the Peanuts Comic Strips are just for …show more content…
The musical lacked one of the most important comics of all time, the famous Kick the Football Charlie Brown comic. The comic is about how Lucy tricks Charlie into trying to kick a football, and she moves it out of the way right before he is about to kick. Which causes him to slip and fall on his back, and Lucy to laugh at him. Now there are some dangers for the actors who performed the musical, but with some creativity of the cast, they could have pulled it off. The musical missed out on performing the best of the Peanuts Comic Strip in its storyline causing it to get two thumbs