The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part 14, version 2.0 — Page 196

Heh, me too. When do you get to see it? Saturday?

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Again, please explain why it's acceptable for Adam to publically brag that Rent means nothing more to him than a paycheck instead of dragging up arguments from six months ago to distract from the current topic.

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Updated On: 2/21/08 at 05:27 PM

"Again, please explain why it's acceptable for Adam to publically brag that Rent means nothing more to him than a paycheck instead of dragging up arguments from six months ago to distract from the current topic."

I always hate to just jump in, but when exactly did he say this, because I remember him saying that it turned out to be a fantastic experience and that he was very glad he did it.


Re Company- last night was my first real exposure to Company and I must say that I enjoyed much of it more than I thought I would.

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Isn't it? And it's even better when it catches you completely by surprise. I never, ever expected to fall for it the way I did. It was Raúl and Doyle and Sondheim and so I knew it was going to be good theater, but I didn't think I would connect with it personally as much as I did.

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Ooh, I've heard really good things about Schonfeld's work. Nice cast!

ETA: Yeah, I would have been interesting to see Megan Mullally, but the tickets were kind of expensive. The ones for the concert on the third are enticingly cheap...

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Updated On: 2/21/08 at 06:16 PM

I think this:

He may have ended up enjoying the experience, but that doesn't change his initial motives.

is the big point here. The defense is that oh, he's said he really enjoyed it, etc. And he may have had a blast -- I don't doubt his sincerity when he says he did -- but that doesn't change his motive. And it can be a little hard to hear that someone is doing a show you love so much just for the money.

LePetiteFromage -- yes, exactly. When Company closed, I was so down in part because I know I will probably never have that kind of experience again. There will be other shows to love and other works of genius, but this was something else. There was a connection there that I'm still often at a loss to explain. But in the end, while I'm sad that it may never happen like that for me again, how down can I really be, when I'm so lucky that it ever happened at all? I will remember it forever.

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Updated On: 2/21/08 at 08:10 PM

Precisely. I don't have to be able to explain it to know that it was extraordinary.

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Of course not. But I think you're misinterpreting, or something; I don't think that's what anybody is insinuating at ALL. Obviously money is an issue. It's only practical and realistic for it to be. But I don't think people who respect him as an artist are going to like being reminded constantly that that's essentially all he's after. And to hear that someone you respect went into a show you really love viewing it, essentially, as "just a job" is sad. Of course it's possible to care both emotionally and financially; isn't that the ideal? I really don't think anyone is saying he should just be doing work for the sake of the art. That's naive and impractical. But is it nuts to wish that he'd show a little interest in the work he does past what it can do for his bank account?

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