STARMANIA/TYCOON

French rock-opera written in 1978 by-lyrics : Luc Plamondon

-music  : Michel Berger

(1992)-English version :Tim Rice

Characters :  *Johnny Rockfort (boy) :He’s a « bad boy ». That’s the leader
                       of the « Black Stars ».

*Sadia (girl) : She’s Johnny’s girlfriend ; very intelligent, but revolutionary. She organised first the « Black Stars ».

*Cristal (girl) : A very cute girl. She works as a presenter of the show « Starmania » ; she’s called the « smile of Capital TV », the channel where she works.

*Zero Janvier (man) : A businessman and the richest man in the world- also politician-He wants to be the president of the West.

*Stella Spotlight (woman) :a « sex symbol », an actress that says bye bye and is gonna stop her carreer

*Marie-Jeanne (woman) : a waitress ; She works at the Underground Café ; in love with Ziggy.

*Ziggy ( boy) :He’s a gay, loves music and wants to participate to the show "Starmania".

 

Story : Something happens in Monopolis, the capital of the West, a brand new town, with air-conditionned underground passages, high buildings (more than 100 floors), very modern.

In Monopolis, so, there’s a group of terrorists that kill and frighten people in the capital. They call themselves « the Black Stars » (because they live in Underground passages where stars don’t shine). They’re led by a couple, Johnny and Sadia, who are kind of anarchists. They prepare their tricks at the Underground Café, where Marie-Jeanne works.She’s always sad, because she loves a boy that doesn’t love her as he prefers guys(it’s Ziggy). Why do Johnny and Sadia behave like they do ?Because they want to enjoy life and think there’s no future on earth.

One day, Sadia decides to phone Cristal, to purpose her to interview Johnny (it’d be a good publicity). So Cristal comes to the Underground Café. But when she enters...Sadia doesn’t exist anymore for Johnny, who falls in love with Cristal.So Cristal, who also loves Johnny, decides to leave everything and live with the Black Stars. She becomes Johnny’s new girlfriend. (Sadia gets furious !).First people think Cristal has been kidnapped by the Black Stars. She sends a message to television, saying she loves Johnny and is with him. Sadia gets more furious, says it to Johnny, who only replies « Bugger off, then ! ». What she does, warning and threatening him : he’s playing with fire !

Besides, there’ll be soon elections in Monopolis, to elect the president of the West. Zéro Janvier wants to win them. He asks Stella Spotlight, ex-actress, to help and sustain him. She accepts and makes advertisement for him. After a lot of arguments, Stella & Zéro...get married ! The evening after their wedding, they make a party in a disco (called Naziland !) where the DJ is Ziggy and the singer...Sadia. It’s her revenge now. She knows that the Black Stars (that she has left, I remind you) are in the disco too and want to burn it. So, she betrays them and denounces them to Zéro Janvier. Cristal gets killed , Johnny is arrested. Then, Zéro Janvier wins the elections and becomes president. But I forgot to say that Zéro wants to build the new nuclear world and is for the violence ! ...

That’s the END of the story. I hope you’ve understood everything ! Tell me your opinion about it, please ! ! ! !

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