The Official Adam Pascal Love thread- Page 757

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:14pm

There was a link to it back a few pages on the thread - wish I had bookmarked it. It's possible that the link would work even though it's no longer up on the site.

Meanwhile, be sure to look at the two Sh-K-Boom videos if you haven't already. They might not be around much longer.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:15pm

Hi guys. I think my brain is melting.

That Model Prisoner video TOTALLY disappeared from B'way.com. *cries*

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:17pm

It's gone?? Nooo!!! *cries*

And today is the anniversary of the closing of TABOO. *cries again*

[ponine24601]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:28pm

*cries tooo* *hugs*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:29pm

Sh*t, I suck. I totally forgot.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:44pm

*hugs emcee*

taboo was a vocab word in my english class today. when i saw it i was like 'NO!! i have to get away from this!'

[Allie]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:45pm

Does it work?
Model Prisoner video

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:47pm

I'm doing some stuff in my anthro class about medicine versus religion in certain societies, and "taboo" keeps being in the text. Hmph.

Yeah, it works Allie. Thanks! For some reason last time I scrolled through all of the videos it wasn't there.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:49pm

*screams* ahh!!! omg!! allie you are my savior!!

[Allie]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:49pm

No problem, thank my handy-dandy uber-organized bookmarking system!

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:50pm

I never saw Taboo, but a lot of people here seem to have liked it a lot. Why do you think it didn't make it?

It works! Thanks a lot, Allie. I don't think it's appeared on the site for at least a week. I'll be sure to bookmark all the videos I don't want to lose, as B'way.com is being erratic about keeping them displayed.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:55pm

Taboo's problem was in a few places. First of all, people were afraid of it. For example, my father drove me into the city for a doctor's appointment, and we stopped at the box office so I could pick up tickets on the way home. Observe:
"What's this?"
"Taboo, Dad."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, Boy George wrote a show.... You know, the one Rosie's producing."
"Why would you EVER pay money to see Boy George?!"
Point being, I think people outside of the target audience were afraid of it. That said, the target audience was pretty small, unfortunately.

Its second problem was its book. The book was a WRECK. There are all of these characters that are supposed to have this joint history, and by the end of the musical they all end up together, but in many of their cases, someone watching has no clue whatsoever how or why they know each other. Because George can't act, many of his scenes were cut, and his character was pretty integral in a lot of those relationships that were just left hanging.

Those two things made for deathly reviews, and the show flopped.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:07pm

::runs back from watching that incredibly beautiful video again::

Yeah, I can imagine the mainstream Broadway musical audience having a problem with it - too much gayness, maybe? A gay subplot is okay, but as the main story not as acceptable. I remember reading about how the book was being worked on too.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:11pm

Well, I think the theatre industry is used to and okay with the gayness factor. But Taboo was just.... weird. You didn't just have a little bit of drugs or sex here and there, but you had a complete show about a lot more than just being gay - it was about a whole counterculture. The costumes were weird, hell, GEORGE is weird. People just weren't into that.

[Allie]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:14pm

I think it sounds great. I really don't know much aboutthe story, or Boy George in general, but he fasinates me.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:14pm

Oh yeah, I saw pictures of those very weird costumes George's character wore - though they were based on stuff that the real guy actually wore, right? Truth is stranger than fiction, and harder to take sometimes.

God, Adam looks great in that video. I think that's a peak for him in terms of just looking wonderful. Updated On: 2/8/05 at 05:14 PM

[ponine24601]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:22pm

i just wish that he sang a different song other than 'rhyme and reason'. not that i don't love that song though!! it's just..not one of my favorites.

there is one reason to see taboo: Raúl's interpretation of 'Petrified'.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:23pm

Yeah, the costumes were all based on Leigh Bowery's actual work. Many of the other costumes were very real, too. I just bought George's autobiography, Take It Like a Man and there are pictures of all of these people - Marilyn, Phillip Sallon... it's amazing how well they captured it all. There are several pictures of George wearing things almost identical to what Euan wore in the show.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:34pm

I got a little turned off Boy George because I heard he dissed Elton quite a bit at one point, but he does seem like an interesting guy.

Ponine, I've been listening to Model Prisoner quite a bit lately, after lending my Civilian to someone for a while. My favorite songs are "Every Time Around" and "Cellophane Sun."

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:36pm

He dissed Elton John?!

George is so fascinating... and has the craziest sense of humour.

[camerangel]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:41pm

good afternoon my darlings.. how is everyone?

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:43pm

Who knows how accurate this story is, but a year or two ago I read that Boy George had some kind of regular column and had been putting down Elton in it. Elton's partner David Furnish supposedly challenged BG about it at a club, and that's where things really get murky. BG was accusing David of bullying him, while others were saying BG was just being a big wimp. If you've ever seen David, it's hard to imagine him bullying anyone - he's very soft-spoken and seems easy-going.

[Allie]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:46pm

Boy George was in Halifax this past fall. He was DJing at a club. I guess it was absolutely PACKED.

[camerangel]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:48pm

suddenly I have "do you really want to hurt me, do you really want to make cry" stuck in my head..

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/8/05 at 5:50pm

Good one, Cam. How are you?