the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?- Page 3
the black kid in Billy Elliot...huh?
LePetiteFromage
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millie_dillmount
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#51here comes my lecture........
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:16pmWho cares? The post was already bumped up to the top and is bound to get deleted anyway, eventually, when the mods come to their senses.
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iluvtheatertrash
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#52here comes my lecture........
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:17pm
This thread is disgusting, even though some instances of color blind casting baffle me.
I saw a Korean boy when I was in London. It did bother me to an extent, though he was undeniably talented. It had nothing to do with his race, just how blind casting really can go... it seems a bit of a stretch sometimes. Hope I don't offend anyone by saying that...
However, to say, "are we down south now?"... DISGUSTING.
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LePetiteFromage
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#54Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:25pm
it is almost impossible for a topic like this NOT to get posted or bumped only hours since created. It is a cycle
messed up topic= arguing msgs.= tries to stop msgs.= even more messages to come.
It has a method to its madness
*cackles*
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#55Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:30pmThis thread is hilarious.
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millie_dillmount
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#56Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:31pm
"Then why bother responding? People are complaining that this thread is here, yet they keep bumping it up. Why? You don't want to hear my answer to that."
You could say the same for yourself - it's a cycle. Geez. I posted in here because I wanted to say what I thought, and I hope the OP reads it.
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Mekroth
Broadway Star Joined: 2/23/08
#57Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:33pm
This person is obviously just saying these things to rile you up. It's blatantly fake.
Still not funny, but quite fake.
SporkGoddess
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#58Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/15/08 at 11:59pmYeah, definitely don't feed the troll.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#59Responding only validates what the OP said.
Posted: 10/16/08 at 12:13amThat guy lying on the ground looks like the narrator from Rock of Ages...
I once heard someone describe her (Ruthie Henshall) singing as sounding as though she's trying to swallow a whole meatball slightly larger than her windpipe. (The same person compared Michael Ball's singing to sounding as though he's sitting on a washing machine on spin cycle and Colm Wilkinson's to a man with a paralyzed lip trying to eat cottage cheese.) --- Schmerg_The_Impaler
Mamie
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#61When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:39pm
You silly half wit. Everyone knows that child is the offspring of Dad and his first wife, who was Tonkinese (but really black) and ....
(oops. wrong show)
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#62When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:41pmI thought he was black because of the magical potion that the dad gave the mom.
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somuchtodo
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#63When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:43pm
You silly half wit.
(That's all I want to say.)
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#64When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:46pm
raceist who cares who performs as long as they have good talent thats all i care about. is this the return of averagejoe36.
Updated On: 10/16/08 at 01:46 PM
#65When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 1:46pm
>>> I thought he was black because of the magical potion that the dad gave the mom. <<<
Well, the dad works in the coal mines so yeah, I'm sure that would change the color of his ermm... liquids!
I once heard someone describe her (Ruthie Henshall) singing as sounding as though she's trying to swallow a whole meatball slightly larger than her windpipe. (The same person compared Michael Ball's singing to sounding as though he's sitting on a washing machine on spin cycle and Colm Wilkinson's to a man with a paralyzed lip trying to eat cottage cheese.) --- Schmerg_The_Impaler
#66When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 2:34pmgalinda, you're truly an idiot. I don't know if you actually feel this way or you're just doing it to rile people up, but either way you're still an idiot.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#67When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 3:09pmMaybe all the soot from the mines turned him black.
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#68When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 3:22pm
i read the others thread and happily i'm not the only who who thinks this type of ethnic casting is weird and makes no senses. so let me ask my question again. "When do the white Billys play?"
OMG ALL THE BILLY'S ARE WHITE!!! Why does it matter?
Also, I don't like your avatar.
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Broadwaynerd101
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/6/08
#69When do the White Billys play?
Posted: 10/16/08 at 3:34pmHow did the OP get deleted and NOT the poster.
