the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
#2re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:46pmDespite your claim, your statement is so overtly racist in so many ways I hope you are kidding (and if you are it is certainly not funny). Are we surprised that you have McCain/Palin as your picture? I don't think they need to have people like you supporting them.
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#2re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:49pmThis is one of the scariest threads I have ever seen, and I really hope it gets deleted... IN A HURRY !!!!
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#5re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:54pmThis is so obviously fake. I remember when sock puppets were fun.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#6re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:54pmThere's no black actor playing Billy. One of them is Latino-looking.
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#7re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:54pm
<< I'm not trying to make enemies >>
Really?
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#9re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:57pmI'm saving this thread for posterity.
Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08
#10re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 8:59pm
<< And by the way, I'm not racist. I know lots of blacks. How many do you know? I bet I know more. I also see a lot of black movies and stuff. But in the movies when the kid is black he has black parents. So I don't understand why he this Billy has a white family.
Makes no sense>>
OH. GOOD. LORD.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#11re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:00pm
The title of this thread amazes me. If it makes you feel better there was an Asian Billy in London. Billy doesn't have to be of a certain ethic background. But, all the Broadway Billy's are "white", one of them has a darker complexion, but it hasn't been bothering anyone.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
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#12re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:02pm
Ok...
1.) I don't even want to respond to someone so small minded and racist, but the 3 Broadway Billys are not black. Alverez has black hair, but...
2.) For all the audience knows, Billy is adopted. It never comes up so just go with it. The pure talent from ALL of the Billys is AMAZING and shouldn't be slighted by stupid people!
#13re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:07pm
LOl! For future reference, such a comment is the first arguement that most closet racists use to cover up their outwardly racist idea and comments! It doesn't matter how many people you know or what kind of movies you watch.... your posts show your true colors.
But I do believe that this is a farce! The McCain/Palin avatar AND the comments.... just too suspect!
#14re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:10pm
Race isn't really important in a lot of Broadway shows. Think of the Little Mermaid. Ariel's white, her father's black, half of her sisters are white and half are black (there might be an Asian sister in the mix?), and her aunt's white (and green). In Les Miserables, you'd sometimes have a Caucasian Young Cosette who would grow up into a Filipina Cosette, and one of the understudies for Fantine, her mother, was black. You basically don't notice after a couple of minutes-- the thing about theatre is that it suspends your disbelief.
But seriously, if you care that much about the race of a performer, you probably shouldn't be seeing Broadway shows. And if you're trying to make a hilarious comedy thread, then you probably need some new material.
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stageishome
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#15re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:10pmThis is sickening and needs to be DELETED NOW.
bossbear062
Understudy Joined: 9/5/08
#16re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:11pm
"I don't get it. Is the show now in the ghetto or down south now?"
so if your black on broadway you must live in the ghetto or the south?
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sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#17re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:12pm
Someone put some porn in this thread to get it ****ing deleted.
Updated On: 10/15/08 at 09:12 PM
#18re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:15pmSeriously, I never thought I'd see a thread grosser than that one where mtf3 posted those pictures of aborted fetuses...
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
#19re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:19pm
Agree w/ Sally !!! The OP must be the poster child for the
"Stay in School" program !
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#20re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:25pm
WOW!
Is this the same moron who posted the picture of In The Heights on Bwaysecrets saying "You must be latino to enjoy this show"?
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#21re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:27pmMaybe the mods agree with the op
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#22re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:30pm
"Agree w/ Sally !!! The OP must be the poster child for the
"Stay in School" program !'
If that was true, From this poster's unique spelling, looks like they must be really young or be a hypocrite.
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#23re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:31pmDid you hear? Bristol Palin is the next Wendla in Spring Awakening. And mid run her moms going to ban the book for the play!
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#24re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:34pmWHY IS THIS STILL HERE??!!??
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Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#25re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:35pmBecause there is no porn in this thread. Anyone want to do the honors?
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#26re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:37pmIm telling you. Gay porn will end it.
Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#27re: the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
Posted: 10/15/08 at 9:41pmWhat about straight porn? Will that end it as well?
