To say that "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" has been met with a lukewarm reaction is putting it mildly. The long developing and record-breakingly expensive Broadway production began preview performances this past Sunday, and when the reviews came in, they were far from pretty.
While harsh, negative reviews of the Spider-Man musical are par for the course at this point, not everybody in the entertainment industry is showering the production with insults. Indeed, the recently returned Conan O'Brien is all about "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," so much so that he featured an exclusive sneak peak of the musical on his late night talk show earlier this week!
Well... sort of, anyway.
In classic Conan fashion, the red-headed funny man brought members of Spidey's extended circle into his studio for a hilarious parody of what "Turn off the Dark" might look like when it officially debuts next month. In the short minute-long segment, comic book fans are treated to two truncated musical numbers, including a masked Peter Parker's own declaration: "I'm Spidey, Spidey, and I'm mighty mighty, and I'm here to fighty for what's righty righty! "
Spidey is soon forced to put his money where his mouth is when the nefarious Doctor Octopus waltzes in threatening to "sock your puss." But thanks to a can of silly string — and a surprise appearance from a certain DC Comics icon — Doc Ock's hero-squashing days are over before they even begin.
Really, if "Turn Off The Dark" is even half as entertaining as that clip, we should be in good shape.
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