Spice Girls against the world. They're over, unfortunally

I'll always keep the late 90s with much feelings on my memories because there was one of my first professional starts. I had already been a journalist when I moved to Rome for starting over in a young media company specialized in teen magazines. It was the 1997's and something was about to happen. We were in the midst of a new sunrise in pop music with artists as Britney Spears, Ricky Martins, the Backstreet Boys and mainly the English pop group 'Spice Girls' that overcomed the world with their joyous, jolly scream 'Girl power'. Victoria, Mel B, Mel C, Emma and Geri were five youngsters with no fear to go against the English traditions (as when Geri touched the Prince Charles' royal butt) or the worldwide prejudices.

15 years after we are over them, and they still fight prejudices, but actually they have lost.

Last March there was the 'Viva Forever' musical debut in London, based on their songs. After just a couple of months the producer announced she'll cut off the show.

Even thought who has seen it during these months has liked it a lot, there have been a lot of bad reviews by critics that axed the show. For them it is rubbish, but if we go to read their columns we just find they don't write about the show or its quality, rather about the Spice girls' music which is still considered junk music.

This is really grated on because you can like or not a musical genre or singer but if you must review a show you should rate the direction, the actors' performances on the stage and so forth.

Just to know, in London there is the 'Let it be' musical based on Beatles' songs. Well, it had been good reviewed by critics but you must know it's not a 'musical', it's a normal concert played by a normal cover band (as other millions wherever in the world) that just sings songs wore as Beatles used to wear. Stop. No script, no acting, no show, just a concert. For them this is 'outstanding'.

I saw the 'Viva forever' show two nights ago and I must say it's funny, brilliant and even symphatetic. If I gotta find a problem I just can point out the acting style (too much cartooned) and on the story: here we have the same producer of 'Mamma mia' musical and her hand is evident: we have a bad relationship between a young girl and her mother too. The same message underneath the other worldwide acclaimed show.

'Viva Forever' is fine food for Spice's fans  but it's interesting even for others.

It's a mock of modern talent shows (who says 'x factor'?) where a judge decides to split up a group of 4 girls to transform one of them into a star. The judge hardly works on her, creating fake gossips, a fake identity and a fake look only to make money.

If critics had been more attentive they could even find a critic from the show to the Spice Girls' original business itself.

The show will end up at the end of June. After, it will be a part of the history and I'm sorry if you'll have lost it, I'm not. I saw it and it was great.