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Sucks in the City
#25Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:17pmWow, Nick "Mr-Gay-Rights-I'm-So-Persecuted" Adams is in a film set (though not shot) in a country where his lifestyle could land him in jail or dead? Those are priorities I wouldn't expect from such a civil rights leader as himself.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#26Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:19pmHis part was shot in New York. I'm sure he doesn't even know where Abu Dhabi is.
#27Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:21pmI assumed that he was in the New York segment, but principles and so forth. And you're probably right on the second count.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Capt_Fluellen
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#29Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:39pm
Many of the Broadway actors are in the New York based wedding scene at the beginning of the film. And I am happy to be able to call so many in the cast friends.
Updated On: 5/28/10 at 02:39 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#30Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:41pm
Just because you get a picture with them at some stage door, doesn't make them your friend.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Updated On: 5/26/10 at 02:41 PM
#31Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:44pm
From what I have been able to assess the idea of transporting the girls to such a primitive nation as Abu Dhabi is so the girls can react to the inequality and injustices towards women (and gays) while also having a "Road to Abu Dhabi"-style comedy. I believe an empowered feminist statement is buried in there.
That being said I will be shocked if I disagree with these reviews. Yes, I am seeing it no matter what.
With Irma you gotta do something!
Updated On: 5/26/10 at 02:44 PM
Capt_Fluellen
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#32Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:48pmTheatrediva - I understand the difference between stagedooring and friendship.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#33Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:54pm
Really?!
Because the first thing that pops up for you is this:
"Does Christopher Walken sign/talk at the stage door? Apr 1, 11:47:38 AM
I wonder if he'd sign my cowbell."
Besides, history has shown that when you list your 'friends' like that, the truth is, they aren't really your friends. It's called bragging.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#34Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 2:56pm
I think the cowbell thing is a joke.
Your friends would be better off if you just took the money you were going to spend on the movie and gave them each a dollar.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#35Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:03pmI know I'd rather have a dollar.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#36Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:05pmJust think of all the things you can do with a dollar...
"I want a lap dance from an octopus."
-JG2
-JG2
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#37Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:06pm
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Capt_Fluellen
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#38Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:07pm
Thank-you Phyllis. Yes, it was a joke. I didn't start the Walken stage door thread. I only responded. If you had bothered to open the tread, you would have noticed that.
Unfortunately, in this economy, you are right about the financial difficulties so many young actors are dealing with. But I've found that most were smart enough to put some money aside while they were working for the lean times. And I always try to do what I can to help.
Updated On: 5/28/10 at 03:07 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#39Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:13pm
"But I've found that most were smart enough to put some money aside while they were working for the lean times. And I always try to do what I can to help."
WTF are you talking about? Who do you help? Your 'friends'?
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Capt_Fluellen
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#40Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:22pm
Yes, that's what I meant. Is that so hard to understand? That someone on this board actually knows a few actors? Knows them, cares about them the way they care about me, respects what they do for a living? And trys to help in small ways financially without embarassing them, given how few jobs there are these days?
And when I talk of helping in "small ways," I'm speaking of the little things that friends do for each other on a regular basis. Like calling up and saying "Hey, I've got this $40 credit for the dry cleaners that expires at the end of the month, and I can't use it all up...so if you have anything that needs cleaned or pressed let me know and I'll bring it in for you." Or "Hey, someone gave me a $25 gift card to Pathmark, and there aren't any near my apartment but I know there's one two blocks from you...do you want it cause I'm never gonna use it." Or "Hey, pizza party at my place Sunday night. You don't have to bring anything...just want to see your smiling face."
I don't mean going up to them and saying "I know things are tough, so here's a thousand dollars to help out." Cause i don't have that kind of money (how many living in New York do) and I don't really know all the details of peoples financial situation. It's not like I'm their accountant.
So yeah, what's so wrong about being polite and wanting to help?
Updated On: 5/28/10 at 03:22 PM
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#41Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:29pmWho comes on to a Broadway web site, lists their 'friends' and then post that you help them out financially if they need it?
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
Updated On: 5/26/10 at 03:29 PM
#42Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:29pmUnless they all signed deferred pay contracts, Phyllis is right about the dollar.
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#43Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:34pm
"And trys to help in small ways financially without embarassing them, given how few jobs there are these days?"
And of course, the best way to avoid embarassing them is to post about your generosity on a public message board.
#44Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 3:35pmCapt_Fluellen good god man, i worked in the West End for years and know many many celebs, actors etc but i aint gonna come on here and list them, it sounds so desperate and 'look at me'
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
Icehouse Life
Stand-by Joined: 10/18/07
#45Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 4:18pm
From Massawyrm in Aint It Cool News:
"Make no mistake; this is glorified fan service. Each of the four stereotypes in the film (the naïve one, the uptight professional, the oversexed one and the lifestyle obsessed writer) get an equally unoriginal problem to wallow in while they dress in increasingly hideous, garish outfits that are often a pair of size twenty-two shoes away from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey collections. But the series has run aground of a very real problem in comedy. Built entirely upon the “isn’t that shocking/oh, it’s positively scandalous/teeheeheeheehee” ideal, the show exhausted pretty much everything the creators could come up with, leading to the first SATC’s inclusion of such base, unimaginatively crass attempts to shock the audience. Having drained that well dry, all that they have left in their bag of tricks is to take these girls out of the city and dump them smack dab in the middle of the single most conservative culture on the planet…to offend them.
And this is where I get confused. The women make complete and utter asses of themselves here, proving to be nothing more than the stereotypical ugly Americans, ogling their man servants, saying offensive things in the company of others, even going so far as to initiate heavy petting in an open air restaurant – only to be shocked that the local customs are so inflexibly conservative. Their insensitivity in scenes is staggering and occasionally used as comedy…but not in the way you’d think. This film seems to operate under the assumption that the audience of this film will be filled entirely with ethnocentric, “open minded” simpletons that will be offended by the customs of the Middle East and enjoy watching the girls brazenly offend people of another culture. When all is said and done they are all but run out on a rail, and I couldn’t help but smile, very satisfied to see these girls ultimately get their comeuppance before being treated to a halfhearted burka gag and a hastily wrapped up ending."
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45240
Capt_Fluellen
Chorus Member Joined: 7/19/06
#46Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 4:20pm
Songanddanceman2 - It certainly was not my intent to be all "look at me." Rather, I was simply trying to convey my pleasure that a few people I know got to be involved in such a major motion picture.
Blueroses - Your sarcasm is seriously misplaced. I certainly did not mean to embarass anybody, and i don't think I did.
Updated On: 5/28/10 at 04:20 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#47Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 4:22pmOkay, now it's sounding so bad that I kind of DO want to see it.
#48Sucks in the City
Posted: 5/26/10 at 4:28pmI was about to post the same thing. Except I live in NYC where I could have a lot more fun for the price of a movie ticket. Decisions! Maybe if it hits double digits on RT. The last one was 49%, and I enjoyed it. But, I have a feeling Sex isn't going to be able to get it up.
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