Brooklyn - Sad Trash
Brooklyn - Sad Trash
TapDanceKid
Swing Joined: 7/29/04
#0Brooklyn - Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 10:18pm
Brooklyn
That is the worst show I've seen on a Broadway stage. I just got home, and it makes me so mad that people are giving that a standing ovation. Someone please tell me it is the performers they're applauding and nothing else.
Seriously, I'm just pissed off.
Updated On: 11/12/04 at 10:18 PM
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 10:21pmGlad you had a good time.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
capnkidd
Broadway Star Joined: 9/11/04
#4re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 10:22pmit is the performers that they are applauding & nothing else...
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 10:55pmI would applaud them more if they had the good sense to leave that turkey.
#6re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 11:05pmi liked bklyn alot. i thought it had a good story and great songs. i also thought the cast was awesome
"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"
#7re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 11:06pm
I didn't want to post.. but here it is..
Many people love BROOKLYN, and the cast, songs, and everything about it. And yes, I love brooklyn too! :)
Yay for brooklyn! 
haha
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#8re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 11:09pmIf you didn't want to then you wouldn'tve. We all know you love it to death. And can you please fix your signature?
luvWICKED416
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/04
#9re: Sad Trash
Posted: 11/11/04 at 11:31pmhaha... I love tinytoon posts on a thread that bashes BKLYN
mule
Understudy Joined: 7/31/04
#11FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 9:44am
I have to respectfully disagree. I went to see Brooklyn with no predisposed notion and very little knowledge about the show. It was very good. I will agree that the strength of the show is the performers as vocally this was a very strong group.
I enjoyed the unique presentation and actually liked the book.
twogaab2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/03
#12FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 9:50amI liked this show a LOT. But you know what they say "those who can DO, TEACH. Those who can't to anything, become CRITICS". (at least nowadays)
TWOGAAB
"A Class Act" will never die!
#13FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 10:06amYay! I now have someone else to add to my block users list...Tiny Toon - the most ridiculous poster to ever hit these boards - what a total shill - I will relish not having to ever see that insipid avatar of his/hers again...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
TapDanceKid
Swing Joined: 7/29/04
#15FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 12:22pm
"I enjoyed the unique presentation and actually liked the book. "
---What? What was unique about it? The book??! What book?!!? You mean the HORRIBLE lines between the HORRIBLE songs??
Having slept on it, I've come to some more realizations:
1. I felt embarassed for the performers... the book is atrocious. I give the performers props for doing such amazing jobs at trying to find some sort of heart in a completely soul-less story. It's clear that they've transported themselves to that magic headspace of putting all energy and heart behind the piece they're involved in - they've lost all perspective.
2. La-di-da-dah, dah-dah, La...da-di-dah... seemed to be the only hook in the whole show. How depressing. A show full of soul-less soul-singing.
3. Isn't the war story aspect of the show a little offensive to anyone who has been to war??? To play it so seriously and so lightly at the same time! I was offended, and I've never been to war. How ridiculous.
4. The Magic Man? What?! What's he for? Nothing... stupid song, too. Suddenly, the lead player from Pippin pops in?
5. Lyrics.... unimaginative, trite, and awkward....
Maybe I've been a bit harsh. But as a member of the NOW generation (I'm 24), I must say it appalls me that audiences seem to be loving this.
Remember RENT? Oh, what I'd do for another show like that.
And:
"I liked this show a LOT. But you know what they say "those who can DO, TEACH. Those who can't to anything, become CRITICS". (at least nowadays) "
-- I'm not a professional critic, I have my own wonderful life, thank you.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#16FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 12:46pm
To quote a brooklyn thread we have somewhere here (and Im too lazy to look for)
"when bad theatre happens to great performers"
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA
If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#17FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 1:07pm
Okay, I need to say:
I'm a Sondheim lover. I love the beauty of his works. I love William Finn. I love Ricky Ian Gordon. I love Adam Guettel. Jason Robert Brown. Thought-provoking works. And yes, I hate everything about 'Wicked'. I'm praying it closes tomorrow. But...
I thoroughly enjoyed 'Brooklyn'. Okay. It's nothing spectacular. It's not thought-provoking. It didn't make for an incredible night at the theater. But there is a lot of beauty to the production. It's visually stunning and incredibly creative. The idea behind it is simple, but the idea behind Lorca's masterpiece 'Blood Wedding' is simple, too. Possibly even simpler.
I wouldn't go as far as calling 'Brooklyn' trash. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a masterpiece either. But there is the simple beauty to it to really consider, I think.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#18FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 1:08pm
I'll go as far, than.
It's a piece of crap. Ramona girl, come over here and let Matt_G write you a good piece of theatre.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#19FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 1:21pmBrooklyn is yet another musical that appeals to audiences who've developed lowered expectations. Brooklyn further lowers the quality bar on Broadway.
#20FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 1:21pm
twogaab, actually the phrasing is
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, administrate" and on and on...
#21FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 2:51pmBeaver - thats amazing - and accurate. I just picked up a Backstage at lunch, and lo and behold - the critic actually LIKED Brooklyn...I was shocked. and decided not to put any stock in THAT review...lol...
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#22FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 3:11pmI think what people are missing is the fact that this is Broadway now. Whether you want to admit it or not, this is the age we're living in. And nothing's going to be spectacular, but if you take it for what it is instead of setting a high standard (I mean, you can't put Sondheim and... I don't know. Boy George in the same group. They're COMPLETELY different.) and expecting it to beat it - you might find some beauty in it.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Amy Archer
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
#23FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 3:30pm
That's a really dispiriting post. What, because we're living now, musical theatre is supposed to suck?
As far as your mention of Boy George, the Taboo score was a much more accomplished piece of pop musical theatre writing than the score for Brooklyn. Taboo was a mess of a show, but to my eyes and ears, had much more to recommend it than Brooklyn.
#24FWIW I disagree
Posted: 11/12/04 at 4:35pmiluvtheatertrash...Are you honestly telling us that we should hold Broadway productions to a lower standard so that we can enjoy them? Being a theatre fanatic like the rest of you, we have seen many things and have come to expect a certain level of excellence from a production and when it's not there, there is nothing wrong with saying so. I haven't seen Brooklyn yet so I'm not commenting on it at all but only saying that there is nothing wrong with making judgements and having realistically high standards for the shows on Broadway. It is a sad day when we settle...and hell we wouldn't have this board if we did!
