No, it's offensive. Period. ANYONE would get slammed for this.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Straight white men are Frank Wildhorn's only male audience.
Straight plays tend to be straighter than straight musicals. Do you realize how totally utterly straight "Death of a Salesman" is? I mean. STR8 up straight.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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I dunno, Philly asks a viable question. It is becoming clear to me that the mere thought of FH's story is offensive to straight relatives. I will be bringing all kinds of straight people to this show, but a few people have backed out because of the content.
The question posed is not offensive in the least. Guess what? GAY PEOPLE LOVE MUSICALS! Not all gay people, but a quick survey of this board would find very few straight men here. Straight men are often dragged to Broadway by their wives, but then wind up enjoying the show to a certain extent.
I would agree that your traditional hetro dude would like Guys and Dolls. And, yeah, Book of Mormon, which I personally found to be way too vulgar for my delicate taste.
It's more the way he asked it, as noted by devonian's post. Perhaps if he explained WHY he wanted to know, or didn't ask in such blatant terms.
I'll go devonian's post one better: If he'd asked, "What musicals do Puerto Ricans like?" THAT would be offensive, wouldn't it?
Same.
Exact.
Thing.
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Um....they're Dominican. And Puerto Ricans would NOT like In the Heights.
Nice, now you just insulted MORE people.
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White people love Fun Home. Like, really, really love it.
As for straight musicals, The Scottsboro Boys come to mine, meaning a straight man can sit in the audience and not be horribly uncomfortable by boys liking boys and girls liking girls.
When I first saw the title of the thread I assumed we were going to be discussing musicals that feel more like straight plays, like 1776 for example, which goes on for a very long time without a single note being sung. Instead we have a poorly worded thread about sexual identity stereotypes.
Bad wording aside, this is still a somewhat interesting topic to discuss. There are, after all, a number of people out there who instantly reject the idea of musical theatre based solely upon that stereotype, and there are musicals out there that may change their minds, and musicals that they may feel validate their point.
My answer to the question at hand is Book of Mormon. I think 1776 may be able to answer this question as well. Book of Mormon works because of the frat boy sense of humor that Comedy Central specializes in and gears specifically to the 18-30 year old male demographic. 1776 because of the sense of parasitism it can induces coupled with the lack of big dance numbers and jazz hands. There is nothing wrong with big dance numbers and jazz hands, but for those that view musical theatre as part of a gay stereotype, they see these things as perpetuating that stereotype. Just my two cents. While the wording of the question is kinda offensive (and yes, phillypinto, it really is), it is still worth discussing.
LMFAO okay that is hands down the stupidest comment i have heard anybody say on here. Only Lin Manual Miranda, the composer of the show, is Puerto Rican. Didn't they even put up a production in Puerto Rico?
"[W]e have a poorly worded thread about sexual identity stereotypes.... There is nothing wrong with big dance numbers and jazz hands, but for those that view musical theatre as part of a gay stereotype, they see these things as perpetuating that stereotype. Just my two cents. While the wording of the question is kinda offensive (and yes, phillypinto, it really is), it is still worth discussing."
I agree, jimmycurry01, that the question is offensive / worded offensively because it appears to perpetuate the stereotype that liking musicals is not masculine.
By this logic, does admitting that Follies is one of my favorite musicals make me less secure in my heterosexuality than if I praised The Book of Mormon?
jimmycurry, yeah the first shows I thought about were Avenue Q and Book of Mormon. As far as the wording, no matter how you word it, its still the same question so what does it matter! You people are ridiculous!!
There is a lot of animosity between Dominicans and Puerto Ricans from what I understand.
They are not interchangeable people.
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