Bullets removing the "F word" at certain performances- Page 2
Bullets removing the "F word" at certain performances
#25Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 7:33pm
"They remove the F word but the killings and repeated use of a machine gun is OK?
Whatever"
This is exactly what's wrong with our (American?) culture. Likewise how anything sexual seems to be considered more 'adult' than killing and violence.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#26Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 8:24pm
^^
EXACTLY! WEST SIDE STORY, fine! SPRING AWAKENING (which is actually about teenagers), no way! The one that really gets me is when schools do GREASE and sell it as a "family show." Pregnancy scare? Girls have to be sluts to get their man? Nothing says "family" like that!
There are so many other things in BULLETS which should keep school groups away - glorified violence and 2 gangland-style murders... the Irving Berlin joke... oh, and I see the "Hot Dog Song" has been discussed, but how about the very vivid description of the floozy's ability to pick quarters up off the floor with her vagina? Makes the "F" word rather benign, doesn't it?
Of course, is BULLETS the ONE show you' want to bring people to?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#27Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 8:26pmThe F word is the danger beyond dangers. It must be kept under wraps at all costs.
Poster Emeritus
#28Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 8:44pm
I can just recall Helen Sinclair said "I don't like f*cking mutts" in this performance. It's not a big deal for anyone.
If the F word should be censored, what about the hot dog song? It's much more inappropriate to kids than a F word.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#29Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 8:47pmThis decision is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. It is beyond nonsensical .
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RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#30Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/17/14 at 10:43pmSo the joke about the little black boy in the closet, is in? The machines guns are in? The deaths are in? The whole song about a big c*ck is in? Hm... People are stupid.
#31Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 12:32am
Apparently Heléne Yorke Instagrammed a photo of a backstage poster stating the information about the removal during Wednesday matinees. This was seen as a negative because it makes the producers look desperate. Whoops.
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#32Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 4:00am
"They remove the F word but the killings and repeated use of a machine gun is OK?"
Not to mention the nonsensical finale full of singing and dancing- after all, I'm sure some "enlightened" principals will imagine it could turn students gay!
#33Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 7:30am
In a society where young children get suspended for even DRAWING a picture of a gun (yep - happens all the time) I surprised that any school would choose 'bullets' for a field trip.
Of course - with what goes on in the public school system and the abject lack of administrators and eductaors being allowed any decision for fear of litigation - I am wondering which shows (besides Newsies and Aladdin) would be acceptable.
I worry for our future and the future of the arts.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#34Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 7:50am
"I worry for our future and the future of the arts."
So do I. The present is plenty worrisome enough.
But here's a thought. Why don't they just cut the word out of the script entirely? In the good old days, some very fine musicals. -- much finer than Bullets --- never used it and survived quite nicely, as did the audience.
How about Bullets, and everything else, following their example.
Updated On: 4/18/14 at 07:50 AM
#35Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 8:23amWhat groups bringing kids to NYC would even consider Bullets?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
mrsyaj
Swing Joined: 4/17/14
#36Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 8:31am
Ridiculous. I don't think Woody Allen has ever produced what could be considered a family-friendly entertainment in his life. His work has always been edgy and risque and geared towards sophisticated adult audiences, including the film version of "Bullets."
If I was going to choose a show from the current lineup for a school outing, I'd probably choose "Of Mice and Men," since that's a tried and true classic of the American theater and the novella version is a standard part of the high school curriculum. You're welcome, James.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#37Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 8:34amNone, Kad. I think the producers are just being proactive in the event that a school actually does book BULLETS. With the exception of a drama club or arts program attending the show (very rare), there is no legitimate curriculum connection. And no, this musical is not a legitimate way of teaching history.
#38Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 11:11am
What year is this again? Really?
So they're going to remove the F word so those students don't hear it. Have they figured out a way to prevent those same students from USING the word?
"This show was f____ awesome"
"She was so f_____ funny"
"What the f___ was going on in that scene?"
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#39Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 1:13pmI would think school administrators could have parents sign a consent form about their child attending the show with warning of explicit language. Hopefully, schools investigate the material in a show before considering it for a school field trip.
#40Bullets removing the
Posted: 4/18/14 at 1:37pmYears ago, the middle school in my town used to go see Wicked as the eighth grade field trip. I can't imagine a school group- even high school- going to see this show. A good friend of mine saw Phantom with his high school band when they visited NYC and my cousin always takes her classes to see The Lion King, and they saw Fiddler on the Roof back when that was on Broadway. Wicked, Phantom, Lion King, Aladdin, Newsies, even Matilda and Pippin-which is done in schools all the time- would be better choices for schools.
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