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| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 11:11 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 10:58 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - CT2NYC 10:55 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Maybe "what really happened" is exactly what's been described: Beanie auditioned, and was cast by a creative team that was keen to counter-program the Streisand effect by going for someone whose forte was physical comedy rather than vocal strength. Occam's razor. This "she bought the part" conspiracy that's been constructed out of whole cloth without a shred of evidence is just... embarrassing. |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:04 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - MockingbirdGirl 10:58 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| The fact that her family invested in the show does qualify as evidence. Maybe not enough but “not a shred” is false. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 03:21 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - KingSpeed 03:04 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Absent anything to suggest investment either before she was cast or the existence of a quid-pro-quo arrangement, it's not "evidence" of jack shit. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:36 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - MockingbirdGirl 03:21 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| And what "evidence" do you think there would even be of a quid-pro-quo arrangement? The entire point of that would be for there not to be evidence, certainly not the kind that people on an internet chat forum would know about or have access to. Please. Dismissing this as even a possibility is even more absurd than the you find the suggesting of it in the first place. Of course it's possible. Also notable is how uncommon it is for the star of the show to have her parents be financial investors in the show... this is not common at all. It may be unlikely, and without any firm evidence but it is not impossible, nor is the actual reality of her audition process mixed with the fact of her parents financial investment just dismissible as not even a shred of "evidence." | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 07:03 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - Chazwaza 05:36 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| I’m so bad at expressing my views. Thank you for doing it perfectly. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Amiens 12:32 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - MockingbirdGirl 10:58 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| But Beanie's "forte was physical comedy" doesn't seem to have a shred of evidence either, does it? Clearly, I missed it. Where was the evidence that landed her the role? | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:13 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - Amiens 12:32 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| She did some cute "physical" staging I suppose in Dolly, but no more than anyone else might in a somewhat heightened reality old fashioned musical comedy. I would agree there's no evidence of her having a forte in physical comedy. She is known mostly for playing funny smart side kick friends in hyper realistic movies, or more recently drama. I think there may have been some comedy coming from physical stuff in her What We Do In the Shadows role (I forget), but that would have been more special effects and to do with the process of becoming or being a vampire... not irrelevant but not quite the kind of thing I assume "forte was physical comedy" refers to, or what you'd cast a Fanny from. But maybe! I mean, being able to use your body in the performance of a funny scene is still a very important and relevant quality for a stage actor especially one playing a physical comedian from the early 1900s style of performing comedy. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 12:07 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - MockingbirdGirl 10:58 am EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| I agree with your first paragraph. Sonia Friedman has too strong a track record to engage in any nonsensical conspiracy. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 03:03 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - BroadwayTonyJ 12:07 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Beanie was probably very engaging in auditions. The scale of thr production is much smaller than normal. And, as staged, Fanny’s big breakout solo turns are sometimes forced into being shared. I’m the Greatest Star and Corner Man both have scene-stealing from Eddie Ryan, and she is made to share Who Are uou Now with Nickie, and she doesn’t get to sing the movie’s Funny Girl song. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:07 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - lordofspeech 03:03 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| But it wasn’t “auditions.” As far as we’ve been told, it was one Zoom audition. Which doesn’t sound fair when there are a bunch of qualified singing actresses who weren’t even given a chance to compete for it. | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: roleplay 08:08 am EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - KingSpeed 03:07 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| I totally agree. Do we really know the extent of the audition process in this case. Back in the day, people seen for leads......and even more so in major projects, would go through extensive callbacks and readings and had to be agreed upon by entire creative teams! I mean like 10 people! I realize with the pandemic and self taping, that process was abbreviated but if it was just one or 2 submitted self tapings, something just does feel right about this situation. I remember someone telling me way back when........"yeah, but the musical director didn't want me or the choreographer said No..." Where were the naysayers in this instance? | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:16 pm EDT 08/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - roleplay 08:08 am EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| And back in the day people were also offered roles without auditioning, or had roles written for them, or had them soft offered with the formality of an audition for the producers... There are and were many ways auditions and casting processes go... none of them are present here. This circumstance of Beanie being hired doesn't fall into any normal category of how anyone is hired for a lead in a Broadway show. And I very much doubt a single zoom audition after having never starred in a musical in a major production prior, and with the tricky element of their parents being investors, will be a common audition process... regardless of whether she "earned" the role fair and square via talent and fit for the role or not. |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: schlepper 03:54 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - KingSpeed 03:07 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Where the hell did you ever get the idea that show BU$INE$$ is supposed to be "fair"?? | |
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| re: Westport Playhouse | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 07:05 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Westport Playhouse - schlepper 03:54 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Exactly. This supports the family bought it argument. Which is the point. | |
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