I get that everyone is on pins and needles about this election, but it is so annoying to be told “Don’t wish and hope yadda yadda yadda” when you’ve already spoken to all your friends and family about voting and made a plan to vote on the first day of Early Voting.
Trust me, I’m doing more than wishing and hoping. But the wishing and hoping is also what’s keeping me from becoming an alcoholic.
And of course the cancel haters had to bump the other thread. They tried to remove him from life but it failed to work. This pisses them off because they're discovering that people have pretty much had it with this stuff and so their "power" is going into the toilet. And so it goes. This new thing is already hugely popular.
bk said: "And of course the cancel haters had to bump the other thread. They tried to remove him from life but it failed to work. This pisses them off because they're discovering that people have pretty much had it with this stuff and so their "power" is going into the toilet. And so it goes. This new thing is already hugely popular."
God forbid we have one less obnoxious white dude getting away with throwing out slurs like popcorn. But hey, you got your super awesome and definitely very cool parody songs back after a spell, so who cares, right?
Cancel culture is generally overreactive, but this guy really could have gone away and we’d be fine. RR is f*cking annoying and creates web content for people who already buy what he’s selling so they can pat themselves on the back.
People are entitled to their opinions. I have never really paid much attention to Randy Rainbow but I will watch anything with Patti LuPone. I have to say, after reading his foul and incredibly offensive tweets I had a hard time finding any pleasure in watching the newest video, and I truly adore Patti. It reminds me of when I saw Amar Ramasar on stage. Do I think that these people never deserve to work again, or that their lives should be over? No, but I do think their behavior, past or otherwise, has turned off many people and I can see why anyone would choose never to support their work again. It has nothing to do with cancel culture...but there is so much content out there to be consumed, and many would prefer to watch something that doesn't feel problematic.
“But hey, you got your super awesome and definitely very cool parody songs back after a spell, so who cares, right?”
Broadway-style parody songs are unlikely to ever be “very cool” - at least in the 21st century - but his best pieces are indeed super awesome and pretty damn clever.
Does his work *need* to exist? Not really - but he’s brought a lot of joy over the past few years, which is more than can be said about most other media personalities, obnoxious or otherwise.
“RR is f*cking annoying and creates web content for people who already buy what he’s selling so they can pat themselves on the back.”
So... He targets people who are more likely to appreciate his content? And he isn’t universally beloved? That’s truly outrageous for an internet personality. You definitely deserve to pat yourself on the back for your truly incisive and informative comment!
(In greater seriousness - all you’ve actually said here is that RR has a *gasp!* niche and that he’s not an activist who goes out and confronts hostile audiences. However, there isn’t actually anything wrong with either of those traits - even if you do have contempt for his particular niche. Nevertheless, “tries to appeal to a specific audience” and “not overtly confrontational“ are traits true of a vast majority of entertainers.)
LuPone "I'd put down my bottles and bongs, I'd be back on Broadway and belting Sondheim instead of cheap internet parody songs. if Donald Got Fired" LOLOLOL
This is the only Randy Rainbow video I've ever enjoyed!!!
"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