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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 01:23 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:16 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - DanielVincent 12:35 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| I have mixed/leaning negative feelings that about this revival, including its iteration in London with Sheridan Smith. I think Michael Mayer's leaden, frequently joyless direction exacerbates the problems in the text, and Harvey Fierstein's revisions did little to address them, often trying to fix the wrong aspects of the libretto.... ...And in the best possible way, the entire cast, Feldstein included, fed off of it and delivered the best Mayer/Fierstein Funny Girl I've seen. Seems like damning with very faint praise, if you ask me. (I know you didn't.) And what - you saw the show all of two times? |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:22 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - Chromolume 01:16 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| It makes sense. He's seen the Mayer/Fierstein FG 4 times and yesterday's was the best of the 4 and, in his opinion, tremendous. | |
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| KingSpeed is correct. | |
| Last Edit: DanielVincent 04:13 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: DanielVincent 04:06 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - KingSpeed 06:22 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| I've seen the production four times if you count its incarnation in London. And I did not mean to damn yesterday's performance with faint praise. On the contrary, it was, as I said in my post, one of the most exciting afternoons I've ever spent in a theater. The symbiosis between the performers and the audience was so electric, it elevated the production to the realm of the fantastic, maybe even the mythic. And this was in spite of, not because of, Mayer's direction and Fierstein's revisions, which I maintain are subpar. |
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| re: KingSpeed is correct. | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 06:34 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: KingSpeed is correct. - DanielVincent 04:06 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Thank you. This definitely clarifies your original post, and I appreciate that. :-) | |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: writerkev 04:11 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - Chromolume 01:16 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Sounds like three times if he’d seen the London version and Broadway in previews. | |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: lonlad 05:30 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - writerkev 04:11 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Um, 4 times in all, no? London/preview Beanie/Julie/yesterday. | |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 08:07 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:06 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - lonlad 05:30 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| It sounds to me like 3 times. (My apology, the part about the preview didn't register). It doesn't sound to me like he attended the show in London. Still, the general impression I get is that because the cast and the audience all bonded together because it was Beanie's last show (as any cast and audience might do at a lead's last show), the OP all of a sudden loves what Mayer and Fierstein did. I'm not so sure I buy that transformation. |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Last Edit: lordofspeech 08:44 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 08:42 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - Chromolume 08:06 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| Final performances do this. Everything comes together and there’s real magic. I don’t doubt it. Plus… What a fabulous backstory for the Beanie Feldstein saga and for her career. I don’t think she could’ve gotten better publicity if she’d been a critics’ darling or a Tony winner. A lucky girl. Hope she has a coach or therapist who helps her see the silver lining in all this drama. She must. |
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| re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) | |
| Posted by: Indavidzopinion 07:24 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - lordofspeech 08:42 am EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| For anyone who doubts Beanie’s talent, search for and view her portrayal of Monica Lewinsky in the FX American Crime series, or stream the movie “ Book Smart.” She will land on her feet after this. Onward and upward! | |
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| Beanie will be more than fine | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 08:38 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 08:20 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Beanie Feldstein's Last Funny Girl (long) - Indavidzopinion 07:24 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| I didn't read this entire thread... but if anyone is suggesting Beanie won't land on her feet career-wise after this, they are bonkers. I'm not sure anyone is claiming that doubt or worrying about it. I don't think the issue is whether or not she has been good in things before FG, be it her film and TV work (like Booksmart, Lady Bird, Lewinsky or even a small recurring role in What We Do In the Shadows)... or on stage in Hello Dolly. She has proved herself a capable and winning talent as a performer, even in a musical before this. She is also very comfortable financially and with an enormous safety net in that aspect of life/career longevity, and very well connected from her life, family, and career so far (hell, her dad is a rich producer -- unrelated to his involvement in this revival, and her brother is one of the most successful actors, now an accomplished director too, in Hollywood, in comedy and dramas and he is even an Oscar nominee... those two people alone can do more for her career than most actors ever have in their safety net -- not to mention that most Ryan Murphy stars are invited back for many more lead roles in other series of his... if he likes you, you'll never starve) and has many fans beyond Funny Girl AND because of Funny Girl (maybe not as much from her performance as from the storm around it and the way it's all gone)... I'm sure she has projects lined up waiting for her to be done with FG regardless of the reviews and how the run played out for her. There is no chance of her not continuing to have a good career as a screen actor, and if she wants to I'm sure there will be stage productions that would gladly have her. I doubt they will be musicals that are built as vehicles for powerhouse singers... but, no one should spend a moment being worried for her bouncing "back". I think it's very possible many people that recognize and enjoyed her from her film and/or tv work don't even know this FG situation happened... like that a revival is on and that it was starring her, even. Many Broadway fans would be shocked at about little Broadway news or reviews or buzz impacts things in TV and film, if it even registers at all (at least in terms of the majority of tv/film audiences who aren't active broadway fans)... and it's not as if she was plucked from nowhere for FG and then flopped... people have lots to go on for confidence in her castability regardless of FG (which is, also, a very specific kind of role requiring a specific mix of talents/skills which I do not think most if any TV/film projects would be needing from her, so her pans in FG may be utterly irrelevant especially since most of them still say she is likable and charming and funny even if it's not enough to make her a fit or a success in FG). |
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