Unpopular opinions you hold- Page 35

[Dave28282]

Posted: 1/22/18 at 3:10pm

Broadwayboy223, I think that's quite a popular opinion.

[CoolDogeGuy]

Posted: 2/3/18 at 10:20pm

- I feel In Transit should've been nominated for Best Score

- Penny in My Pocket was actually one of my favorite Tony performances from 2017 and I loved it even more than the Bandstand, Groundhog Day, and War Paint performances.

- Out of all of the Tony performances from 2017, Miss Saigon was the BEST one in my opinion

- Farmer Refuted is one of my favorite Hamilton songs

- I kinda wish all of this Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Heathers, and Be More Chill "fandom" stuff didn't exist. First off, what in the world is a "canon"? Second, it's getting pretty annoying.

- I actually like the movie version of Into the Woods more than the stage version

- And finally... this isn't really an opinion, but I thought Dear Evan Hansen was about high school students reminiscing about a dead classmate and I also thought it was going to suck.

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 2/3/18 at 10:24pm

I have no interest in seeing The Band's Visit , Come From Away or Dear Evan Hanson. Can't wait to see Iceman Cometh and Three Tall Women.

[Soaring29]

Posted: 2/25/18 at 3:56am

Don't know if I've said it before, but I can't stand Victoria Clark in Light In The Piazza and it's only because of her damn southern dialect. It completely gets in the way of the character instead of serving the character and it's just very phony to me. I'm not a huge fan of her voice either. 

[222disneyland]

Posted: 2/25/18 at 9:38pm

I am in a minority but think Pocahontas would make a great musical.

Even its more fictional than inside out. 

I also think 

[CPannullo]

Posted: 2/25/18 at 10:11pm

Anastasia deserved better at the tony awards

[Alex M]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 12:47am

Angels in America is good but not the best thing since sliced bread.

[222disneyland]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 12:53am

broadwayboy223 said: "While at the time I supported her and thought she was deserving of the Tony, Cynthia Ervio's Twitter behavior (and subsequently her part in great comets downfall) have turned me off of her. So I wish anyone else would have the tony for best actress that year. Probably Carmen Cusack who was amazing in Bright Star"

I actually feel she deserved the tony. But that view is not unpopular. But I think LMM is worse. 

[222disneyland]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 12:53am

Frozen actually looks good

[EBRoses]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 12:09pm

I know not a lot of people enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but I actually loved it. I thought the whole cast was really great and I enjoyed the new take on the characters. I also really enjoyed the sets they had.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 12:17pm

CoolDogeGuy said: "- I kinda wish all of this Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Heathers, and Be More Chill "fandom" stuff didn't exist. First off, what in the world is a "canon"? Second, it's getting pretty annoying."

 

While I'm sure those fandoms are all annoying, they did not invent the word canon. That dates back to when religious bodies had to decide what scriptures were the authoritative ones. If you want to complain about things like "head canon" or "fanon," have at it, but those certainly did not originate with any of the fandoms you've named in your post.

 

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 2:03pm

BWAYBaby2, it sound like you're more of a play person, but I think you really would like The Band's Visit because of this very reason.

Also, I like Bernadette Peters as Dolly more than Bette. I know, blasphemous.

Dear Evan Hansen and The Great Comet are both great musicals that have fallen victim to overbearing and destructive "fandoms" full of crazed "stans."

[Itonlytakesajourney]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 4:09pm

-Penny In My Pocket is one of my favorite Hello Dolly songs, and I think DHP’s comedic timing is absolutely incredible in it (in the actual show, too).

-Anastasia may not have the absolute best book of all time but it certainly deserved more than what happened at the Tony’s. I also think it should’ve been nominated for Best Score (it’s a very nice mix of modern Broadway and classic show tunes imo).

-Gypsy isn’t overdone and is one of the best musicals of all time.

-Laura Osnes is a great actress with a stunning voice. Her Bonnie was incredible and I wish she’d do something like that again.

[raddersons]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 4:55pm

Itonlytakesajourney said: "-Gypsy isn’t overdone and is one of the best musicals of all time."

I'd say this is far from an unpopular opinion. In the academic world, Gypsy is widely considered one of the best examples of a "book" musical.

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 5:53pm

Ok... actual unpopular opinion that I'm afraid will piss people off, but I'm going to put on my ballsy hat and say it anyway: I don't like that they have a man playing Asaka in Once On This Island. I want so badly to not care, because Alex is talented... and I do think it helped me that it's framed in a "we're going to cast these islanders at random to play roles in our story within a story" way. But there's a deep feminist part of me that's bothered by it, just because the role is so specifically written as a "mother earth" feminine energy. I've been trying to dig into my feelings, because it bothers me that I feel this way, as I have zero problem with trans people (LGBT people in general) in real life. In fact, if it was a trans actress playing the role, I don't think it would bother me at all. That person is female. 

But I don't know... we still live in a world where there are fewer strong female roles than male roles in theater, and this role in particular really taps into some deep femininity. And it just doesn't sit well with me that if Asaka were to get award nominations, it'd be in the Actor categories, not Actress. I know that in our society we treat gender issues differently than we treat race issues, but this feels to me the way I think a POC might feel if, for example, someone cast a white actor in a traditionally black role, regardless of how "nontraditional" that white person was. The director could talk about thinking outside the box, and how he/she was 'the best person for the role,' but it would still be a person from a privileged group playing a role that was written for the non-privileged group, and I have to think it would rub some people the wrong way, whether they wanted to admit it or not.

Anyway, I want to reiterate that it's been bothering me that I'm bothered by this, because I am totally in love with this show and this production, I'm sure Alex is a great human, and feeling in any way negative about it really sucks. I'm not a horrible person, and I'm not usually such an extremist feminist, even though I'm sure I sound like it right now. But I just can't shake the feeling of wishing that Asaka in particular was being played by a woman. A woman of any size or shape or background... but a woman.

How's that for an unpopular opinion?  

(Edited to add: I hope I didn't offend anyone with this - that's definitely not my intention. Just trying to work through my feelings about this casting, I guess. My mind is open and I would be happy to be convinced otherwise.)

Updated On: 2/26/18 at 05:53 PM

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 8:04pm

^Femininity and maternal energy are not specific to a certain gender. I totally understand where you're coming from, but even though there are few parts for strong women, there are even fewer parts for feminine plus sized black men. Also, there is a woman in a male role as well. I know this is the unpopular opinion thread and I totally don't think you're a bad person or anything for holding this opinion, but I do really disagree with you. We see gender queer actors very rarely get to be who they are onstage and this is a wonderful example of diversity. I don't love when I hear someone say something that's supposed to be feminist, but it's really just a little anti-LBGTQ. Straight women are not nearly as oppressed a group as LBGTQ+ people, male or female, and I say this as a woman.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 8:09pm

Most recent unpopular opinions...

- I did not think Bernadette was a good Dolly

- I absolutely loved Frozen

- I think that the Once On This Island revival is wildly over directed beyond belief

[Chicken_Flavor]

Posted: 2/26/18 at 9:12pm

CoolDogeGuy said:
"- I kinda wish all of this Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Heathers, and Be More Chill "fandom" stuff didn't exist. First off, what in the world is a "canon"? Second, it's getting pretty annoying."

I absolutely hate the Be More Chill, DEH, Heathers, and Hamilton fandom. They are some of the most vicious people I have ever met...

Falsettos got exactly what it deserved at the Tonys. 

Anyone else besides Mike Faist could've been nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. ??

Idina Menzel is not a good singer.

 

 

[ellbellthomps]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 11:11am

-Didn't love OOTI

-Anastasia is my favorite show of all time

[Peter2]

Posted: 2/27/18 at 11:27am

The last scene of "Angels in America" is a mistake.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 4:51pm

China Doll is a underdeveloped but completely serviceable play that was ruined by Al Pacino's performance.

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 5:07pm

I love Lucy in the film version of "Mame".

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 5:25pm

Although I prefer Julie Andrews in almost every other song, I much prefer Marni Nixon's version of "I Could Have Danced All Night" and it's my go-to version for that song. I also give credit to Audrey Hepburn who was lip-syncing to her own vocals to that song and thus Nixon had to match Audrey's "range" and performance there.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 3/19/18 at 6:06pm

Ok... actual unpopular opinion that I'm afraid will piss people off, but I'm going to put on my ballsy hat and say it anyway: I don't like that they have a man playing Asaka in Once On This Island.

Just curious because I didn't see you mention it...how do you feel about a woman playing Papa Ge?  Dandridge could just as easilyend up with a Tony nomination in the Actress category for playing male character.  Personally, I thought it was an interesting trade-off.  Asaka has a showy song, but Papa Ge is arguably the  strongest role among the Gods (and all of the male characters), playing the most vital role in the catalyst of Ti Moune's odyssey, so you could say that the gender-bending of the cast may ultimately be in favor of the female actress.  I think the show is so strongly written and female-centric, it could be performed by an all-female cast and be just as good.  Incidentally, it's interesting to note that the understudies for Asaka and Papa Ge are actors of the originally written genders.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 4/5/18 at 11:12pm

Ragtime dies after the trashing of the car, at which point the plot becomes so ludicrous that act two is just tatters of music being blown about by a lot of questionable nonsense.