Profile for SonofRobbieJ

Like my childhood Saturday morning breakfasts of pistachio nuts and grape juice, this is delicioussssssssss.

 

It doesn't matter whether Alan is gay or not. What matters is Michael's desperation to out him, and Parsons was sensational at charting that and paying it off. He is magnificent in the role. He delineates his alcoholic decline and truly earns to complete meltdown. In general, I went with every new characterization in this update...except for one. I didn't but Quinto. He felt hemmed in by the brilliant, deeply odd performance of Leonard Frey who seemed to delight in how gay he was

I mean...I don't really care one way or the other.  It actually means nothing to me.  It's more of an academic exercise of exploring what people found 'funny' even as short as a decade ago and how that can age very, very badly.  And how we have to take responsibility for our actions, even if they were considered 'permissible' among our peer groups a decade ago. 

I tend to side with Kad's view of the situation.  This was clearly some clueless comic persona he was creating at the time and attempting to use racial humor.  It reminds me of the trouble Sarah Silverman got in while using racial slurs to make points about racism (see her bit about trying to get out of jury duty).  And yes...that slur for trans people was in vogue in the Aughties and the early Twenty-Teens.  One of Christian Siriano's catchphrases on his season of

Agreed  Another problem is that the ensemble members are simply telling us something we already know.  We ARE the ensemble members.  We are the people who process these acts of violence in the ways the song demonstrates. After being steeped in the minds of these assassins for the whole evening, it feels like a letdown.   

I, too, am in that minority, Midnight Radio.  We have spent zero time with the 'normal' Americans the whole evening and then we have to hear from them.  Eh.  I actually like the song a lot...but I agree that it derails the show and lessens the emotional impact that had been building all night.  That said...it's still one of my favorite productions.  I'm still haunted by the Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver doll that was featured in the opening number as Hin

I'd never say Margo was a dear friend, but we socialized a bit and he came to number of shows I was in and was always so friggin supportive.  And that bitch was FUNNY. We saw IN MY LIFE together with the also dearly departed iflitifloat and it was absolutely suck, f*ck, duck, lemony heaven.  His 'review' of it on this site is some truly great writing.

Such loss.  But I'm grateful that this forum exists to have on record the extraordinary musings of Margo

They also didn't accept Drat! The Cat!, Jamaica or Jelly's Last Jam.  The nerve!

Correct.  Bandstand was in theaters in 2018.

I'm currently in a Masters program for arts administration and there is a lot of discussion about the opportunity for the industries (theater/dance/visual arts, etc.) to innovate in light of the current crisis.  There is a general feeling that arts organizations will begin to further explore digital options in terms of presentation. 

Michael Bennett!  How wonderful to so you round these parts!!!!

Can there also be another issue at play?  Is it possible that the actual role of Bobby/Bobbie is divisive?  I feel like there were divisions over Raul, NPH, Boyd Gaines and probably as far back as Dean Jones and Larry Kert.

Personally, I have some complicated feelings about the role being a cypher and BEING ALIVE not actually being justified in terms of character arc, but I love living with those thor

Theatre Cyns said: "Not that it matters, but for what it’s worth in the context of this discussion, I’m a 51 year-old woman who doesn’t spend every minute of the day with her phone. Not a boomer but not a millennial either. ? I just don’t like the idea of the theater deciding that I’m not responsible enough with my own legal property to act appropriately (ESPECIALLY given that a minority of people do the thing that this is supposed to be stopping).

I can see a world where they take the brief of the last revival to 'make it less opera and more musical theater' even further.  I can see a world where Audra stars and is surrounded by Jaime Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Sterling K. Brown, Anika Noni Rose and even a Mary J. Blige.

With Dee Rees as director, I can't imagine it's going to be some major studio blockbuster.

I think the biggest question to answer is do you have more of a Carol Burnett or more of a Julie Andrews. 

Kad said: "Levy is really the only thing here that doesn't work for me... it's very odd casting for this role, indeed. And although she's just 2-3 years younger than Veanne Cox was, she reads much younger to me."

Though she does read young compared to Cox (at the time), I don't think she reads too young to be a step-mother to a 12-year-old.  I've never seen her attempt a character such as Rose so I'm willing to go with it.  It's

The entire life you built and were expecting to live for a long time gets destroyed.  It's simply gone.  The first year after a loss of a partner is, in fact, not the hardest.  The pain is the rawest, but people really rally around you and basically carry you through.  The second year, however...oooof.

The path of grief is far lonelier the second year.  People have moved on...and start to tell you to move on.  People buy houses, have kids, get married.

Make sure you show off my good side. 

Bitch...we blew it all on the wedding.  That served as my funeral as well!

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!  Oh that's fantastic.  Wasn't there something about an iguana?

The 'good old days' were wild, sure.  But...we really did know each other then.  We all attended (or even performed) in the Standing Ovations concert series.  We've been to each others weddings.  We've been to each others shows.

And on the worst day of my life...the day we said goodbye to the man who was supposed to be my husband, something like 1

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!  Oh that's fantastic.  Wasn't there something about an iguana?

The 'good old days' were wild, sure.  But...we really did know each other then.  We all attended (or even performed) in the Standing Ovations concert series.  We've been to each others weddings.  We've been to each others shows.

And on the worst day of my life...the day we said goodbye to the man who was supposed to be my husband, something like 1

But we don't really need to see the show to know that altering the structure to remove I Feel Pretty is a massive change.  I'd say it was destructive.  The dramatic irony of this young woman celebrating her love and how it is making her giddy is undercut by the knowledge that she's about to get her life blown apart by the news of her brother's murder...BY THE MAN SHE IS SINGING ABOUT.  I think a lot of people are so used to the placement of the song in the movie