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| No, calculation | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:22 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: Oh, goody, snobbery - MockingbirdGirl 05:53 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| As always, it is not about you, or the person you responded to, or any of us. Whatever intellectual flexibility the two of you may or may not have, there is no evidence that the TYPICAL Marvelista possesses that superpower. Calculation is not snobbery. It be silly to pretend there is a lot of crossover. | |
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| Not just the fans... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 06:39 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: No, calculation - ryhog 06:22 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| The comic writers, too. I was lucky enough to count Len Wein (decades long career as writer at both Marvel and DC, creator of many of the later X-Men, including Wolverine; member of the Comics Hall of Fame) as a close friend, and Len was an avid theatre fan. He and many of his colleagues saw damn near everything on Broadway in the years Len lived in NYC. At a memorial for Len at our local annual science fiction convention, most speakers talked about Len's comics work. I spoke of his love for theatre. Laura L |
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| re: Not just the fans... | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:46 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: Not just the fans... - showtunetrivia 06:39 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| well, and that does not surprise me in the least. When I first met Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa he was working at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. And I am sure you can appreciate that the sum total of all the comic book writers of whom you speak would not be sufficient to make a single Wednesday matinee a success. :-) Well, maybe at the Helen Hayes. :-) | |
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| re: Not just the fans... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:03 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Not just the fans... - ryhog 06:46 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| Of course. And a lot of those whom Stan Lee deemed "True Believers" don't care a fig about theatre. But there is some overlap. I can speak more authority about the related field of science fiction and fantasy publishing/writing/general fandom. Plenty of theatre buffs. (Not enough, alas, to convince any of the sf publishers to buy my time-traveler-saves-Gershwin novel, though.) I think Hiddles will draw them in. The screening of his CORIOLANUS that I attended some years back sold out--and on his name, because you can't say it was for the material. Laura |
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| re: Not just the fans... | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 10:04 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Not just the fans... - showtunetrivia 07:03 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| I don't know--Scarlet Johansson would make a fierce Volumnia! | |
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| re: Not just the fans... | |
| Posted by: ryhog 08:00 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Not just the fans... - showtunetrivia 07:03 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| I think I have made my point and you have made yours. I'll just point out that selling out a screening is not on the scale of (let's say) the $12mil this is going to need to take in, at a minimum, to be a success. But I'll repeat the chorus of my song: we shall see. | |
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