![]() ![]() ![]() The Love Song of Jonny Valentine is both a funny, pointed critique of the culture of fame and a sad narrative of a lost childhood. When a back-up dancer misses a beat, Jane is ready to fire him for distracting Jonny in a concert, resulting in the pathetic sight of a grown-up pleading for his job with a child - while the child sits in his bean bag chair with his video game controller in his hand, both a powerful executive and a kid who can’t deal with adult problems. Jonny’s lyrics are bland paeans to the girl of his dreams, which can safely appeal to every girl without making him seem unavailable. He goes on a staged “date” with another tween star at the suggestion of his label, during which they pose for a candid “gotcha” photo by a pre-arranged cameraman. Jonny knows to pick a chubby girl to bring up on stage, because if he picks a “hot” girl, all the not-so-hot girls will feel marginalized. Teddy Wayne’s skewering of pop idol mania is spot-on. Could he take a slower, more reasoned path to success? Study his craft, take lessons, continue with school, hang out with friends? Well, sure, but in today’s celebrity-obsessed culture, quicker and bigger is better, and Jane isn’t satisfied unless Jonny is absolutely tops. Jonny is clearly a boy with talent, but is mega-stardom the way to go? He’s got a clear, sweet singing voice with dynamic range and some killer dance moves. It was easy for her to say I should try to fall asleep when she wasn’t the one who’d just performed for two hours in front of a capacity crowd of 17,157 fans and had to take a meeting with the label tomorrow back in L.A., who was probably going to voice their concerns that the new album hadn’t meaningfully charted yet, which meant it never would, since sales momentum rarely reverses at this stage in the game unless there’s a major publicity coup. If it weren’t all so sad, it would be laughable to hear an 11-year-old spouting lines like this: Amidst all the chaos, Jonny eagerly awaits puberty, searches for the father that abandoned him years earlier, and relies on tutors and bodyguards for any semblance of normalcy and connection. Now on his second tour, album sales are flat and the gate is unpredictable, the label execs are noncommittal, and manager/mom Jane is coming undone. Jonny catapulted to Bieber-like levels of celebrity after breaking onto the tween pop scene two years earlier. Welcome to the world of Jonny Valentine, the 11-year-old sensation at the heart of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine. ![]() Tween girls sigh and scream over him, and he just loves his fans SO much. Sound familiar? Child pop star soars to insane levels of fame after being discovered on YouTube. In December 2015, we hosted a masquerade ball for Maker Studios, transforming the whole venue into an experience for 850 guests.Book Review: The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne "This is the best theater we've had a film premiere in ever!" – Ethan Hawke offers event planners a unique space/floor plan with a pizzeria and bar attached. Event spaces include a standing theater with a mezzanine that can accommodate as many as 1,100 a large green room with a private alleyway and entrance an intimate 65-person pizzeria and a cozy 75-person bar with a patio. Improvements include an update on all interiors, a second story mezzanine for killer viewing, and the new Prufrock Pizzeria and the Love Song Bar. Located on Main Street in downtown L.A., the historic Regent Theater, which was originally built in 1914, has reopened after a complete makeover. ![]()
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