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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/spiderman-stage-musical-defended.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Edge and Bono of U2 wrote the music for the show" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-spiderman-stage-musical-defended.jpg" alt="The Edge and Bono of U2 wrote the music for the show"/></a></p>
<p>Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark producer Michael Cohl has defended the Broadway musical following a slew of bad reviews.</p>
<p>The show, which has a score composed by U2&#8217;s Bono and The Edge and has suffered a number of set-backs in the run-up to its opening including injuries to four cast members, has been panned by critics.</p>
<p>The producer told Entertainment Weekly that the reviewers were out of touch, saying: &#8220;Any of the people who review the show and say it has no redeeming value are just not legitimate reviewers, period. It&#8217;s hard to have people that don&#8217;t get pop culture reviewing a pop culture event, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221;</p>
<p>Negative reviews included The Washington Post (&#8220;a shrill, insipid mess&#8221;), The New York Times (&#8220;sheer ineptitude&#8221;), and the Los Angeles Times (&#8220;an artistic form of megalomania&#8221;).</p>
<p>Many reviews of the 65 million dollar musical &#8211; thought to be the most expensive in Broadway history &#8211; have been published even though it doesn&#8217;t officially open until March 15, a move that violates the time-honoured agreement between producers and journalists.</p>
<p>&#8220;This pile-on by the critics is a huge disappointment,&#8221; said a spokesman for the show. &#8220;Changes are still being made and any review that runs before the show is frozen is totally invalid.&#8221;</p>
<p>Most of the critics have cited as reasons for their impatience the show&#8217;s record-breaking preview period and the high cost of tickets, which for a single seat can approach 300 dollars.</p>
<p>The producer said he was still intent on putting on a good show telling Entertainment Weekly: &#8220;I woke up this morning more determined and more positive than ever. I said, &#8216;Here we go.'&#8221;</p>
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