Threaded Order Chronological Order
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Posted by: Ned3301 12:19 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - StageDoorJohnny 11:12 am EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| Gwen Verdon "a second-tier hoofer"? She is universally regarded as one of the four or five greatest dancers in the musical's history. The problem here is that the piece is driven by politics rather than by arts criticism. This writer needs to discredit the #MeToo movement, so everything he says is led by a narrative. You could argue that the narrative itself is right or wrong, but it doesn't apply to Verdon, especially given the extraordinarily collaborative relationship she and Fosse maintained. His infidelities eventually did lead her to slip away from what had become a sham marriage--but she did not divorce him, and they remained very, very close. You cannot willingly walk away from the partner who understands you as deeply as Fosse did Verdon (and Verdon did Fosse), and that is what matters, not this ridiculous attempt to reinvent the saga of these two artists by trying to unfasten one of them from her own history. |
|
| reply to this message |
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Posted by: Sam890 04:46 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - Ned3301 12:19 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| I stopped reading at "Verdon, a second-tier hoofer and actress whom nobody would be thinking about, much less making a series about, if she hadn’t been married to Fosse.". Anyone who makes such a claim clearly has no idea what they're talking about and isn't worth wasting time on. | |
| reply to this message |
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Last Edit: showusyourtalent 03:06 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| Posted by: showusyourtalent 03:04 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - Sam890 04:46 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| Indeed. Gwen was Broadway royalty. There is no yin without a yang. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Posted by: pagates 09:01 am EDT 06/23/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - Sam890 04:46 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| Exactly. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Posted by: huskyital (huskyital@yahoo.com) 01:05 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - Ned3301 12:19 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| I agree with Ned.....Gwen Verdon was a spectacular dancer and Michelle Williams' performance was extraordinary.....From the picture of the idiot who wrote this article he probably wasn't even born before Gwen died and obviously he is more into film than theater......aren't there any editors left who would have nixed this article? | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 01:42 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Fosse/Verdon review at The National Review 6/21/19 - huskyital 01:05 pm EDT 06/22/19 | |
|
|
|
| Any cretin who does such a hatchet job to pillory one of the greatest legends in musical theater deserves to be ------------- fill in your own punishment. I don't want to risk being blacklisted for suggesting punishment for someone who really deserves it. Opinion is one thing, but denying the legacy of someone who spent her whole life entertaining us is something else entirely. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
Time to render: 0.022654 seconds.