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re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw...

Posted by:	AlanScott 11:56 pm EST 01/15/15
In reply to:	re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - 2hrsOfJustPow 11:45 pm EST 01/15/15

There have been other leading characters in hit musicals who behave in similarly unpleasant (or even worse) ways. (I wouldn't actually say that Jack pimps his girlfriend.) It's all in how it's handled. And I don't say that to defend the show, which I didn't like. "Makes me wanna sing and dance." But no one expects or wants the audience to sing and dance. Except maybe at Mamma Mia, Jersey Boys, Motown . . . well, I guess I take that back. But in general all that matters is whether we believe that the characters would sing (and possibly dance).

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Thread:	Yes indeed. We exit savoring the song and dance of others. - Delvino 05:54 am EST 01/16/15 re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - 2hrsOfJustPow 11:57 pm EST 01/15/15 (28) re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - AlanScott 12:15 am EST 01/16/15 (27) re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:12 am EST 01/16/15 (26) re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - ryhog 01:36 am EST 01/16/15 (24) re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - 2hrsOfJustPow 02:06 am EST 01/16/15 (23) re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - ryhog 02:14 am EST 01/16/15 (22) There's more to life than "dispassionate Analysis." - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:37 am EST 01/17/15 (5) Of course there is - ryhog 03:29 pm EST 01/17/15 (4) And if I'm guilty of a "pointless" post... - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:34 am EST 01/18/15 re: Of course there is - 2hrsOfJustPow 01:32 am EST 01/18/15 (2) re: Of course there is - ryhog 08:16 am EST 01/18/15 (1) Well, like you... - 2hrsOfJustPow 09:47 pm EST 01/18/15 Thank you; can't be stated enough. - Delvino 06:16 am EST 01/16/15 (14) re: Thank you; can't be stated enough. - enoch10 11:01 pm EST 01/16/15 (3) Um, you missed my whole point. - Delvino 10:28 am EST 01/17/15 (2) re: Um, you missed my whole point. - ryhog 01:01 pm EST 01/17/15 (1) re: Um, you missed my whole point. - Delvino 02:28 pm EST 01/17/15 re: Thank you; can't be stated enough. - Ann 08:12 am EST 01/16/15 (9) re: Thank you; can't be stated enough. - lowwriter 10:12 am EST 01/16/15 Still, ask Marsha Norman. - Delvino 08:46 am EST 01/16/15 (7) re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - StageLover 11:09 am EST 01/16/15 re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - Ann 08:49 am EST 01/16/15 (5) re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - ryhog 09:49 am EST 01/16/15 (3) re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - lowwriter 12:30 pm EST 01/16/15 (2) re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - JohnPopa 12:57 pm EST 01/16/15 (1) re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - ryhog 02:20 pm EST 01/16/15 re: Still, ask Marsha Norman. - JohnPopa 08:58 am EST 01/16/15 and the why.... - ryhog 02:17 am EST 01/16/15 re: What show is BEN BRANTLEY seeing??? It's certainly not the floperooza that I saw... - AlanScott 01:14 am EST 01/16/15

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