#1
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:51am
#2
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:53am
I just realized I posted this on the wrong board...I'm THAT angry at this man's assertion that DREAMGIRLS is a flimsy musical.
And I forgot to add the link.
DREAMGIRLS
And I forgot to add the link.
DREAMGIRLS
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
Updated On: 5/17/05 at 11:53 AM
#3
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:56am
he must be a moron.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#4
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:56am
Does this guy have ANY background in theatre at all? That's one of the more ludicrous things I've ever heard asserted - about anything.
#5
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:56am
Eh, I like the show and admire it's ambitions but I've always thought it cops out of resolving itself. It just ... ends, with everyone basically saying 'oh, the hell with all that, let's just sing.'
#6
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:57am
well, the article is from the Daily News -- consider the source Robbie....(and breath sweetie...in with the good, out with the bad....)
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
#7
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:58am
Good people get rewarded, bad people get punished and all parties are reminded of what's important. Pretty good resolution in my book.
Flimsy is a bizarre choice of word, I think.
Flimsy is a bizarre choice of word, I think.
#8
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:00pm
Flimsy is one word I would not use to describe this show, even though I've only seen it with a definitely flimsy star... Frenchie Davis.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#10
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:01pm
Yes, consider the source, robbie, as K had mentioned...
#11
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:08pm
Either he genuinely believes this, in which case I'm sorry for him, or he's the type who has to disparage one thing in order to make his favorite seem good- that is, he put down Dreamgirls to make the subject of his article, Holliday, look better, because he's too weak or unconfident of a writer to do it otherwise.
#12
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:15pm
I'd just like to say that I'm now off the ledge because of all y'all's kindness.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#14
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:19pm
of course, that means you can join us with the pitchforks and torches to go after the idiot?
#15
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:19pm
I love hugz!
And drugz.
And drugz.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#16
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:20pm
Lynch mob! Yeay!
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#17
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:22pm
robbie has drugz? *hugz*
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#18
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:25pm
you better be giving me more than a hug if you want some of my stash.
a reach-around would be appreciated.
did i really just type that?
a reach-around would be appreciated.
did i really just type that?
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#20
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:26pm
"...but I've always thought it cops out of resolving itself. It just ... ends, with everyone basically saying 'oh, the hell with all that, let's just sing.'"
Certainly more to it than that. Lorrell leaves Jimmy Early, Deena leaves Curtis, Effie presses charges against Curtis. Many of their dreams are shattered. But they reunite as proof that hardly anything is more important than family. I remember every time I saw it (well over 50 times on Broadway) the audience was totally wrapped up in what was happening with these characters. It was extremely emotional.
Certainly more to it than that. Lorrell leaves Jimmy Early, Deena leaves Curtis, Effie presses charges against Curtis. Many of their dreams are shattered. But they reunite as proof that hardly anything is more important than family. I remember every time I saw it (well over 50 times on Broadway) the audience was totally wrapped up in what was happening with these characters. It was extremely emotional.
#21
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:26pm
*hugs*
*reaches around*
*reaches around*
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#22
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:28pm
robbie..you should know me better than that...I always reach around..with both hands. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#23
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:29pm
Boobs, be careful, I'm already in front of him.
#24
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:30pm
this makes robbie Lucky Pierre..wee wee?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#25
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:48pm
"cast-album version slightly streamlined for radio-friendliness"
If that's not an understatement I don't know what is!!!
And was this whole article written to bash Jennifer Holliday?!
If that's not an understatement I don't know what is!!!
And was this whole article written to bash Jennifer Holliday?!
Updated On: 5/17/05 at 12:48 PM
