I too am a retired teacher, in my case from teach college freshmen and women, so roughly the same age. It's true that adolescence is a time of changing bodies, behaviors and minds, so naturally teens tend to be self-focused.
That is not the same as clinical sociopathy. It's no aid to clarity to conflate the two, IMO. (But I do
haterobics said: "GavestonPS said: "For the life of me, I never understand why "Well, he didn't molest me" is considered a reliable defense to a charge of molestation and/or rape."
Even stranger when the famous kids that hung out with Jackson (Culkin, Feldman, etc.) trot this out... why would it be a surprise that someone would potentially molest a bunch of unknown kids and avoid the famous ones? No one said he molested every single kid tha
How can the snowflakes keep insisting EH is a sociopath? Don't they have dictionaries? EH goes along with the Big Lie in the first place because he emphathizes with Connor's parents and can't bare to let them think Connor had no friends. He confesses the Big Lie because he feels so guilty; IIRC his mother never threatens to unmask him, but because she knows the truth, EH feels such shame he comes clean.
These are NOT the actions or reactions of a sociopath.
bk said: "Another point of view, like it or not: https://talunzeitoun.com/2019/01/30/michael-jackson-and-me/?fbclid=IwAR1WrK6Kk6Rxa2nYctaVjNZlhvEohwD2j8kuCOTKQ8fMod6VAkwbbxXhY9Y"
Thanks for the link, BK. For the life of me, I never understand why "Well, he didn't molest me" is considered a reliable defense to a charge of molestation and/or rape.
Kad said: "Actual question: we know the Jackson Estate filed a lawsuit againstHBO over airing the documentary, which they claim violates a non-disparagement clause in a 1992 contract between the estate and HBO.
Is the estate able to sue Robson and Safechuck for defamation (or something along those lines)? Does the fact that Jackson has been dead for a decade prevent them from doing so? Is there any legal action the estate can take against these two men specifically, if the
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "I also highly recommend watching the Oprah aftershow on HBO where she interviews the subjects as well. She asks some good questions."
She does. Good questions and HARD questions, such as "Why did you allow the abuse to go on for years?" and "Did the sex feel good to you as seven-year-old?" I realize that latter sentence sounds creepy out of context, but she led up to it and it's an important question to ask, because one
NYCblurb said: " THIS IS NOT CORRECT. OF COURSE ONE COULD SUE IN CIVIL COURT, BUT IT IS TOO LONG AFTER THE FACT IT APPEARS."
But a criminal conviction is powerful evidence in a civil trial where the burden of proof is merely "the preponderance of evidence" (sometimes referred to as 51% and up), far lower than "beyond a reasonable doubt".
I think that may be what the person who originally asked about the timing of cri
Fix the thread so that no further posting is possible. It allows for the possibility that some of the existing posts may have value, while indicating the subject is exhausted.
In THIS case, I think the mods were right to leave the thread open. A lot of posters don't understand stop clauses and may find a discussion of them valuable even if DEH never budges.
JBroadway said: "Funny - I actually also thought about Bareilles as a good alternative for the role too.
My thing is, I just found the character so thoroughly unlikable from beginning to end. Bareilles might have brought more of a likability to her IMO."
Really? Unlikeable? I'm nobody's idea of a Lady Gaga fan--particularly not since I watched her MSG concert with the closed captioning on so I could read her lyrics--but whatever does the character
CATSNYrevival said: "I finished the documentary today and I found it upsetting. There's no damning evidence provided beyond their words, but if he did it it's upsetting and if he didn't do it and they're lying it's also upsetting. We may never know. The slumber parties, and the faxes andphone messages which are documented are all very unusual and highly unsettling. How any of this will effect the musicalremains to be seen."
MichelleCraig said: "The original ending works for the time it was written and for the time it was written about. Most of us can see thatand understand."
As long as PRETTY WOMAN is running, the original MFL can't possibly be "out of date".
^^^^^ The article to which Robbie2 links claims Jordie Chandler is one of the men on whom the documentary is focused. That is not true; although Chandler and his lawsuit are mentioned several times, he does not appear in the doc except in a couple of old photos.
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I want to thank everyone who recommended LEAVING NEVERLAND. Although I thought he wrote some catchy tunes, I found his lyrics banal and was never a true MJ fan. So my interest in LN was nil.
Call_me_jorge said: "I hope Dave Malloy ends up as like Stephen Sondheim or something. None of his shows are successful financially, but they are forever ingrained in the American musical theatre canon and are just technically the best, but just not loved as much. Compared to his counterparts Pasek&paul and Lin who are the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s of this current generation of musical theatre writers and write decent shows that just become way too overrated."
If it was the OBC of HAPPY END that was referenced above (i.e., the version starring Meryl Streep), it was recorded and I downloaded it from iTunes in the past few years.
Encores! or somebody needs to do a concert version of LOVE LIFE and record it. To me, that seems the most glaring omission since OKLAHOMA! made OBC recordings common.
Feb 27
2019, 08:51:08 PM
theaterlyfe19 said: "Could the same be asked about musicals adapted from movies or books(Mean Girls, To Kill A Mockingbird, Groundhog Day, Matilda, etc.)?"
Yes and no. Adapting a film doesn't necessarily mean the resulting musical is inferior or less challenging. A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE KING AND I (unofficially because of contract limitations, but in fact adapted from the movie, ANNA AND THE KING), SWEET CHARITY and HAIRSPRAY were all successful attempts t
henrik, NASHVILLE is one of my top ten favorite films of all time and it required an enormous talent to wrestle all those narrative threads together with that gospel finale from the stage of the Parthenon replica.
But FREAKY FRIDAY? PLAZA SUITE? Sorry, no extra points for those.
I barely remember her in PEGGY SUE or WHO IS HARRY...?
I have no quarrel with Donen or Finney, of course (nor with Audran now that you've reminded me of the two of her films I've
Jarethan said: "The irony is that I really enjoyed Channing...I just felt that the only awards show where she merited special attention was the Tony's. As theatre royalty, her kingdom was the stage, not of film and really not of TV either, other than a bunch of guest shots."
I don't agree, Jarethan, but I also don't think you were in any way disrespectful to or dismissive of Miss Channing's career.
