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| Last Edit: Guillaume 04:52 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 04:49 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: A Strange Loop question - jeffef 02:41 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| That's my impression of this show also, unfortunately. I've experienced nights in drag bars buttonholed by Divas whose fabulousness turns to lamentation of their lot in life after too many cocktails. This seems like the same thing to me. I don't have the money to spend to go see this to find out that I'm right. I guess a bigger question I have is why is a character who is an usher worthy of our time and what is his "want"? Just being Black, gay and misunderstood doesn't really make me want to pay to join his journey (if there is a journey) because I already support Black and gay values and donate to their causes. So what compelling drive makes this show engrossing to someone who already validates Gay Black men? I don't suppose Usher is a wonderful brain surgeon or neighborhood activist or somesuch similar non self-serving person who is doing something for the greater good, and is being denied the ability to do so because of his life circumstances...? I mean everything I see about this character in clips makes me want to cross the street before he engages me in conversation because he seems SO incredibly self centered and needy and offputting. Lastly, I would not mind a buttf*** lyric as long as it scans and rhymes accurately. Some of the lyrics I've heard from this show have false rhymes and lyrics with the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble and that kind of thing drives me up the wall when sitting in a theatre. I'm "old school" that way, as Ryhog will point out! |
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| re: A Strange Loop question | |
| Posted by: seenenuf 09:36 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - Guillaume 04:49 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Until you actually see the show, your impression is worthless. Ego driven babble. If you want to be taken seriously, see the show. Then comment. That seems to be old school in the best way. |
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| re: Usher's "want" | |
| Posted by: kidmanboy 07:58 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - Guillaume 04:49 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Usher's "want" in the show is to be a musical theater writer - and his struggle is to find voice that appeases a potential audience and his own insecurity and guilt stirred up by his upbringing. Whether or not you'll like the show (I liked it, but think it's a bit overpraised when other valuable works closed with much less attention) this is as valid a story to tell as any musical has ever had. | |
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| re: A Strange Loop question | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:04 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - Guillaume 04:49 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| You've taken away my work! I am happy, as I am sure you also know, for you to be "old school" in relation to lyrics, if that is your choice. That happiness does not extend to the matters addressed by Ncassidine but I disgress. |
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| "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 04:53 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: A Strange Loop question - Guillaume 04:49 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Since you haven't actually seen the show, this is an absurd comment. I'm pretty sure you don't support "Black and Gay values" if you don't think that a musical about a Black, gay man is inherently interesting because it's never, ever done. |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 06:05 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: "This seems like the same thing to me." - Ncassidine 04:53 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| There's nothing absurb about my comment at all. From what I have seen and read IT SEEMS LIKE a skit in a gay bar. And I know the substantial amount of time and money I have donated to Black and Gay causes across this country since the 1970s so I really could not care less about what you think about my commitment to those causes. | |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 06:23 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:20 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "This seems like the same thing to me." - Guillaume 06:05 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| What gay bars do skits? I don't care that you donated money to black and gay causes. One can do that and stil be racist and homophobic. Not saying YOU are but merely giving money doesn't absolve you of bad behavior or bigotry. | |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 12:10 am EDT 06/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "This seems like the same thing to me." - KingSpeed 06:20 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Seriously, which gay bar in NYC DOESN'T do drag shows? Lips. Industry. Pieces. Stonewall. Metropolitan. Duplex. Monster. Q. .... ... .. . | |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: jeffef 11:20 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "This seems like the same thing to me." - KingSpeed 06:20 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| You have obviously never been to New Orleans. | |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: NYCVoiceTeacher 08:19 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "This seems like the same thing to me." - KingSpeed 06:20 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| This, right here, is one thing wrong with the show. It's a mess of a show. It's all over the place. It has no focus. The score is awful. The book is awful. I have seen the show. If you point it out, you are a racist. So don't try. I don't go to theatre to be absolved. What an awful thing to say. I don't need to be shamed by this mediocre dreg of a show. |
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| re: "This seems like the same thing to me." | |
| Posted by: seenenuf 09:09 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: "This seems like the same thing to me." - NYCVoiceTeacher 08:19 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| A show cannot shame you. But your posts surely can. You should be ashamed for such ignorant and mediocre rantings. They are the dregs. |
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