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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 01:31 am EST 12/22/17 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 01:30 am EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - Singapore/Fling 12:30 am EST 12/22/17 | |
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| I think the closing number of Mormon is on par with You Can't Stop the Beat. Listen to it again. Why are Mormons happy, it's because we know there's a latter day tomorrow! And the question is: what is more joyous? Mormon or SpongeBob? Can anyone speak to that? | |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:35 am EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - KingSpeed 01:30 am EST 12/22/17 | |
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| The Mormons may be happy and joyous in that finale, but I wasn't. And as I read it, the question was: what was the last high water mark for joyousness on Broadway? I would agree that it was "Hairspray". For me, "Mormon" is working too hard with too little return, and the story (such as it is) is messy and poorly structured. Of course, that may well prove to be true of "SpongeBob". | |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 08:01 pm EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - Singapore/Fling 10:35 am EST 12/22/17 | |
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| No. The statement was that Spongebob is the most joyous musical SINCE Hairspray and I suggested Mormon was the most joyous musical since Hairspray. So the question was is Spongebob as joyous as Mormon. | |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:43 pm EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - KingSpeed 08:01 pm EST 12/22/17 | |
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| Not quite. The statement was that Spongebob was the most joyous musical SINCE Hairspray, and you remarked that Mormon is pretty damn joyous. That can be interpreted to mean that Mormon is the new benchmark for most joyous, but that isn't the only interpretation based on the words you used... particularly for those of us who didn't find Mormon to be all that joyous. Frankly, if Spongebob is only as joyous as Mormon, I'll be disappointed, but I'm in the minority. This a fairly semantic and unimportant disagreement, but if you're going to draw a line in the sand over it, I have to point it out. |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 01:00 am EST 12/23/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - Singapore/Fling 09:43 pm EST 12/22/17 | |
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| You're wrong. | |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 10:26 am EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - KingSpeed 01:30 am EST 12/22/17 | |
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| I haven't seen Mormon since before it opened, but SpongeBob is just a nonstop, silly, giddy kind of joy. Mormon, as I remember it, is fun and funny and has some moments, but it's not that grinning-like-a-fool kind of thing. | |
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| re: Spongebob...really? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 07:59 pm EST 12/22/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Spongebob...really? - sirpupnyc 10:26 am EST 12/22/17 | |
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| Mormon is grinning like a fool for me. The choreography is so fun and the songs are so tuneful. | |
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