| VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, | |
| Posted by: | blahblah14606 12:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | VIOLET - So Disappointing - Major 11:38 am EDT 03/31/14 |
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| Someone needs to tell Sutton Foster she is no longer playing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" trying to conquer Manhattan. This production is so stripped of any reality or genuine feeling, Sutton was practically sleep walking through the performance with her well patented, practically trademarked "spunky" persona. It was almost as if the director was trying to hide every darker, tragic note of the story. Every song now sounds like a bonus track from "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas" and not a single note of the text or the music rings true. I couldn't wait for this show to end. | |
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| Can't believe you referenced Emmet Otter! | |
| Posted by: | Shutterbug 09:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - blahblah14606 12:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| That made my night. Still laughing. Thx. | |
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| re: VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, | |
| Posted by: | MarjorieMae 05:46 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - blahblah14606 12:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| The story is about a woman on a journey (physically and spiritually) in order overcome her adversity and ends on a positive note. This is not something Foster is tinkering with. It's how it's supposed to be approached. Seems to me like you don't like Sutton Foster which invites the question, "If you don't like her, why were you seeing a Sutton Foster show?" | |
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| I absolutely love Sutton Foster... | |
| Posted by: | blahblah14606 11:51 am EDT 04/01/14 |
| In reply to: | re: VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - MarjorieMae 05:46 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| ...but she is sorely miscast here. She's done brilliant, Tony Award winning turns in musical comedy, but she just doesn't seem to excel in darker, more complex roles requiring grief and rage in the way Broadway actresses like Sherrie Rene Scott, Alice Ripley or Audra McDonald can -- just imagine what any one of them could do with "Violet". | |
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| I felt the opposite .... | |
| Posted by: | jdm 05:02 pm EDT 04/01/14 |
| In reply to: | I absolutely love Sutton Foster... - blahblah14606 11:51 am EDT 04/01/14 |
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| She was perfection. I agree with the critics after the Encores! concert that basically wrote "it was like it was written for her." Jim | |
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| I thought it was plenty dark... | |
| Posted by: | gad90210 12:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | VIOLET was beyond disappointing,,,, - blahblah14606 12:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| This was my first exposure to Violet, but I thought it was plenty dark. ************SPOILER ALERT******** We saw several times how the accident occurred, and we even get to see young Violet right afterward. It was very graphic. Beyond that, I felt adult Violet's hurt and humiliation when each person in turn saw her disability for the first time. ********END SPOILER********** Besides, I think Violet needs some spunk to get herself out of the situation she's in and move on with her life. I had a couple of problems with the storytelling, particularly at the end, but overall I enjoyed the show. And the singing was amazing. | |
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| Posted by: | Guillaume 01:47 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | I thought it was plenty dark... - gad90210 12:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| How do they handle the disfigurement in this production? Is there makeup etc. In the original production we imagined her scar. | |
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| Posted by: | MikeR 02:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Spoiler REQUEST - Guillaume 01:47 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| The scar is imagined in this production, as well. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's noted in the script - the creators don't want productions to apply some kind of prosthetic scar to the actress(es) playing Violet, they prefer that the audience members use their imaginations. | |
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| re: a spoiler alert inside the message? | |
| Posted by: | SQ 01:08 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | I thought it was plenty dark... - gad90210 12:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| NOT helpful. | |
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| re: a spoiler alert inside the message? | |
| Posted by: | writerkev 03:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - SQ 01:08 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| I thought that was pretty clear and large. Enough for me to close the window. What gets me are the people who write blithely along "blah, blah, blah (spoiler) blah, blah, blah..." and give you no opportunity not to see it | |
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| Posted by: | SQ 06:05 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - writerkev 03:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| I don't know how else to say it. The common courtesy is to put spoiler aler in the Subject line. Then I wouldn't have opened the post at all which guarantees that I don't read it. | |
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| re: it didn't work for me | |
| Posted by: | writerkev 06:14 am EDT 04/01/14 |
| In reply to: | re: it didn't work for me - SQ 06:05 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| You don't know how else to say it? Why do you feel compelled to say anything again? I understood you perfectly. You offered your opinion, and I offered mine. Neither is correct. We disagree. | |
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| re: a spoiler alert inside the message? | |
| Posted by: | enoch10 01:13 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - SQ 01:08 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| >> NOT helpful. what are you talking about? (s)he put SPOLIER ALERT in big letters ABOVE the spoiler. this clued me in that what was below contained a spoiler. how did this not work out for you? | |
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| re: it didn't | |
| Posted by: | SQ 02:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - enoch10 01:13 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| Everything is there on my screen to see. The thing that most people do is put the spoiler alert in the subject. | |
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| Posted by: | enoch10 05:17 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: it didn't - SQ 02:00 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| the big block letters informing me there would be spoilers below seemed sufficient. | |
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| re: for you | |
| Posted by: | SQ 06:06 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: it didn't - enoch10 05:17 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| It wasn't for me. I read the whole thing. Again, the commom courtesy that I have seen is to put spoiler alert in the Subject line. | |
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| Posted by: | enoch10 09:17 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: for you - SQ 06:06 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| you continued to read anyway (in spite of the SPOILER ALERT BELOW in big block letters and the white space he provided by hitting return) but somehow he did something inappropriate? | |
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| Really? | |
| Posted by: | MockingbirdGirl 01:10 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: a spoiler alert inside the message? - SQ 01:08 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| Since I'm not seeing it for a couple more weeks, I just stopped reading when I hit the words "SPOILER ALERT." | |
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| re: I thought it was plenty dark... | |
| Posted by: | larry13 12:34 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | I thought it was plenty dark... - gad90210 12:28 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| I just want to thank you for your extremely thoughtful and well marked "Spoiler Alert." | |
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| re: I thought it was plenty dark... | |
| Posted by: | gad90210 03:07 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
| In reply to: | re: I thought it was plenty dark... - larry13 12:34 pm EDT 03/31/14 |
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| Thank you for saying that. | |
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