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| Whizzer's self presentation | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:29 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
| In reply to: re: I think this production was ugly as hell. There I said it. - BroadwayTonyJ 02:38 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
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| In the 80s, the Whizzer character was a certain type of Manhattan man. He always seemed coolly detached, classy, and aggressively masculine, perhaps in cliche terms. The jock thing, the snob attitude. Rannells is gifted, cute, and a wonderful triple threat. But that 80s almost hyper masculine NYC jock thing -- it's not really what he presents. This may have been a calculated attempt to unlock the character, to move away from that sort of niche type. I thought it interesting that Borle presented as straight, and Rannells a very comfortable gay man. It made the Borle Marvin coming out via this relationship very different than than the way it felt with Bogardus as Whizzer. Rupert and Bogardus were almost the reverse of what we saw last night. | |
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| re: Whizzer's self presentation | |
| Posted by: Circlevet 12:02 am EDT 10/29/17 | |
| In reply to: Whizzer's self presentation - Delvino 06:29 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
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| Neither Rannels or Borle seemed to have an understanding of their characters (which ultimately must be laid at the foot of Lapine). Whizzer should be everything that Rannells was not---certainly not a big self-centered effeminate man. And Borle, who should have found the vulnerability of Marvin only found a mean and almost psychotic Marvin. Except for Betsy Wolfe I thought, of the many productions of this I have seen, this was the worst performed. I still think this is an extraordinary piece of theater but this production did not do it justice. | |
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| re: Whizzer's self presentation | |
| Last Edit: CCentero 11:29 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
| Posted by: CCentero 11:19 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
| In reply to: Whizzer's self presentation - Delvino 06:29 pm EDT 10/28/17 | |
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| I honestly don't have any idea what Rannels was doing, period. Can he not ditch the "ironic Book Of Mormon/ animated movie" voice? I thought he was playing the pretty boy, posing and trying too hard in a way that Whizzer wouldn't. Thought Borle and Rannels had no chemistry, unlike Rupert and Bogardus, who you rooted for as a couple. He came off as silly and insincere around Jason, making their rapport inplausible. The sets and costumes? Were the real ones stolen? |
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