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re: Gentleman's Guide

Posted by: ryhog 12:00 pm EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Gentleman's Guide - Michael_Portantiere 11:51 am EDT 04/03/14

I think it is bullshit to say that there is little or no appreciation for quality. I think it is far more reasonable to say that there are a lot of producers who are lazy, and these producers apparently don't care to sensibly market their shows when it requires more than exploiting a movie or song catalog and a thought process more taxing than accepting the monumentally insipid ad campaign that they were presented. If I were to decide whether or not to see this show based on the ad, I would run the other way. You are right that there is more to it than that, but that is enough to kill its prospects.


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re: Gentleman's Guide

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:21 pm EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Gentleman's Guide - ryhog 12:00 pm EDT 04/03/14

"I think it is bullshit to say that there is little or no appreciation for quality."

As regards the general Broadway theatergoing public, I strongly disagree. I wish I didn't.


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re: Gentleman's Guide

Posted by: ryhog 01:13 pm EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Gentleman's Guide - Michael_Portantiere 12:21 pm EDT 04/03/14

I am genuinely sorry to hear that. However, I also believe that to be the same thinking that prompts people to produce garbage. I blame the people who make garbage because they are too lazy to do anything else; I do not blame the theatre-going public who has committed no sin other than wanting to be entertained by a live performance.

I think it is a matter of aspiration. When I watch a show like Cabaret or Hedwig, as examples, it is my sense that the creators aspired to achieve something meaningful by their work. Of the current crop of new shows, I think If/Then is the only one that has such aspirations, and unfortunately it does not fulfill its aspirations. Most of the rest seem to have no aspiration other than to exploit a movie title for profit. I think we get off track when we blame audiences.


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