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| Posted by: schlepper 04:54 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - BroadwayTonyJ 02:06 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I don’t think Sarandon or O’Donnell were ever guests—-but last night there were TWO guests—Woody Harrelson and Phil Donahue. The box office said that the final guest today was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:06 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - schlepper 04:54 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I have a lot of respect for Gillibrand. I wonder if she challenged some of crazy stuff that Moore says at times. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: SCH 11:39 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:06 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I was there yesterday. She did not challenge anything, nor would I think that anything in the show needs to be challenged. It you didn't see the show, then you may have a misconception about what it was or what he did or did not say in it. Senator Gillibrand echoed the major theme of the show by talking about how one person can make a huge difference, often by just telling his or her story. She, like Moore encouraged people to run for office. She spoke to the fact that the House and the Senate do not mirror the gender proportions of the population they supposedly represent. She spoke eloquently and passionately and she was a great guest for the final performance. |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:06 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I don't think this is the right place to discuss the merits of what he says but I do not think anything he says in the show is crazy. If you have not seen the show, I think you may find yourself in the typical place of someone so postured. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:09 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - ryhog 06:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I haven't seen the show. I have seen some of the interviews he has given recently about his show on The View, Up with Chris Hayes, The Rachel Maddow Show, The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and others. While I am probably on the same side of many of the major issues that Moore talks about, I don't believe in exaggerations, half-truths, and crazy theories. I asked a question, that's all. Guests like Keith Olbermann, Phil Donahue, and others will not challenge Moore about anything he says, but someone like Gillibrand will. That was the point of my question. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:38 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - BroadwayTonyJ 10:09 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
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| well, since I saw the show and (like at least one other poster) did not find anything crazy or half true in it, this just sounds like you don't agree with him on some political questions-something I have no intention of discussing here, even were it allowed. Neither one of us saw what she did on that stage, but my point is that had you seen the show I suspect you would understand why you'd be hard pressed to identify much for her to "challenge." | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 12:05 pm EDT 10/24/17 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:55 am EDT 10/24/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - ryhog 10:38 am EDT 10/23/17 | |
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| Besides being a theatre geek, I'm an obsessive political junkie. I watch MSNBC every day. My political leanings are center, center left -- I have no disagreement with Moore on political issues. Based on what I've read on this board and that of Broadway World, The Terms of My Surrender contains material he has been trying out on various MSNBC talk shows for the past year and a half. He can be a talented raconteur/satirist (even an eloquent one) when he deals with social issues like the situation in Flint, Michigan. However, when he gets into hardcore political stuff, he's out of his depth. If what I have been told is accurate, he says in his show (on one hand) that he wants to lead a revolution, but also (on the other hand) he wants to repeal the 2nd amendment. That is not only naïve, it strikes me as a profound contradiction. IMO Moore is Susan Sarandon in spades. He's red meat to Bannon and the alt-right, who will exploit the stuff he spouts to the hilt in 2018. Today we are one Supreme Court Justice away from losing Roe V. Wade, Same-Sex Marriage (and God knows what else) -- Kennedy and Ginsburg will not last another 7-1/2 years. I sometimes feel like John Adams in 1776: "Is anybody there? Does anybody care?" So much for my rant. I haven't seen Terms on Broadway. I refrained from commenting on it while it was running because I didn't feel it appropriate and didn't want to influence anyone who was thinking about seeing it. I live in Chicago and its run was too short for me to make it to New York. If it tours and comes to Chicago, I will definitely check it out. If I'm mistaken, I will post on the board and admit I was wrong. |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: oddone 06:53 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - ryhog 06:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I'll agree with this. Having seen the show, I don't think anything he says in it is crazy. Some of his predictions are scary, but I don't think they're crazy. And his ideas for change aren't crazy at all. For those who haven't seen it, his core theme running through this show is that one person doing one thing CAN make a difference. As he says several times, "a nobody from nowhere" can sometimes make all the difference. He tells about several examples from his own life in which this was the case. Oh that more theater was as politically engaged. |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: selmerboy 07:58 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - oddone 06:53 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I'd agree with this assessment. And also add that I thought Moore was well-prepared, well-rehearsed, and very engaging as a performer. Most of the show was not spent Trump-bashing, but relating stories from his past showing that he "walks the walk", as it were, when it comes to personal involvement in the political process. I was very pleasantly surprised by the show. | |
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| re: Michael Moore show closing? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 08:12 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Michael Moore show closing? - selmerboy 07:58 pm EDT 10/22/17 | |
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| I loved the show, having just seen it last night and thus not having any time to send others. :-( It was almost three hours with no intermission, which is sort of astounding. But I only saw a few people get up to go to the bathroom. It was very engaging, like binge watching a documentary you can't get enough of. (PS if people can sit through this they can sit through Follies without an intermission. Just saying!) |
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