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about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Joined: 12/31/69
#125re: about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Posted: 2/21/05 at 1:34amPriest - I don't know about the respected part, but I do know what I'm entitled to when I pay the prices that are charged on Broadway. I'm willing to spend it, but I damn sure better get what I'm paying for. And that has NOTHING to do with what I think of the material. These are professional situations that come with a certain amount of expectation. Do NOT put someone with a script in their hand in front of me and expect me to stay in my seat.
#126re: about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Posted: 2/21/05 at 2:25amExactly, DGrant. I said something like that a page or so back, but Emo insisted it was magical.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#127re: about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Posted: 2/21/05 at 4:44am
Dgrant; "Inexcusable, pathetic, & grotesque"? An "abomination that should be forced out" ? " You "would have a refund immediately or someone would be paying for it with a pound of flesh"?
Being a little dramatic here? Get a bit of perspective.
Sure, they blew it - and yeah, it's a poor excuse for a show, but c'mon - you're over the top on this. The audience was offered alternate night tickets AND refunds - and very few took up that offer. The most was made of a bad situation, and most of the people present were thrilled to witness a unique situation.
Munk, if you're going to insult someone, at least get the right person. The Brooklynphile with the "magical" fixation was tinytoon, not emo.
Updated On: 2/21/05 at 04:44 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#128re: about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Posted: 2/21/05 at 7:02am
Hey ghost, I DO find it inexcusable and grotesque - and the 'pound of flesh' comment was simply a Shylock reference - sorry if you found citing Shakespeare 'over the top' or somehow inappropriate for a theatre message board.
Apologists have never interested me much. The 'bad situation' that they made the most of reflects on the Broadway community as a whole. And yes, I DO feel the production team should be pushed out. This is the big leagues, and if you can't cut it, you don't get to play.
I'd love to see it if other shows tried this little stunt. "I'm sorry folks, but we didn't make adequate preparations, so tonight, Christine/Tracy/Belle/Elphaba will have to carry a script" How very 'hey kids, lets put on a show!'
What you see as over the top, I see as an unwillingness to accept that which is beyond boundary. So be it. I'm sure you see your position as rational and fair-minded, while I see it as having no standards or limits.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#129re: about BKLYN's saturday eve show.
Posted: 2/21/05 at 9:08am
There is nothing either good nor bad but thinking makes it so.
Hamlet, DGrant. I can bring the Shakespeare too. And it wasn't your use of the bard that I found over the top (and "inappropriate" never crossed my keyboard).
No question Saturday probably shouldn't have happened. But this sort of thing HAS happened on other shows, to some degree. Chicago's curtain had to be rung down for 15 mins. in an emergency situation while the standby was located and brought back to the theatre. In another(Broadway) show, a stage manager had to go on. What about John Hilner stepping in for Davies during preveiws of La Cage? By all accounts, he performed admirably - but he himself says he had to dash for the wings to consult the script, call for lines, and had to fake his blocking & choreography.
What I found over the top was your use of words like "abomination" & "grotesque" when discussing a show. Saying that they should be "forced out". What is this, Nazi Germany? Nobody's baby got dismembered & eaten here...some boneheads made some bad decisions about a show that maybe shouldn't have gone to Broadway in the first place & will be gone soon enough. They gave a lot of people something to talk about. And nobody thinks that anything going on with Brooklyn reflects on the rest of the Broadway community. Brooklyn's an aberration, not an abomination. Stop blowing this out of proportion. You're making much ado about nothing <-----see, still with the Shakespeare.
Last, I'll appreciate your not attacking me personally as "having no standards or limits". That was a way the hell out of line comment.
Updated On: 2/21/05 at 09:08 AM
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