What's going on with BWW??

#1

What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:14pm

I CAN'T STAND IT!

Over and over and over and over and over the same posts!

"Anyone have a script for _______?"
"When does Idina leave?"
"What's a good audition song for ______?"
"What's your favorite show turned into a movie?"
"What is your favorite movie turned into musical?"
"Best showtune ever???"
"Anyone have a Tony Awards tape?"
"NEXT season...?"
"Do you think Brooklyn or Spamalot will get Best Musical?"
"Your first Broadway show?"
"Your worst Broadway show?"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

Updated On: 9/18/04 at 10:14 PM

#2

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:15pm

Do you expect subjects related to sports or something?

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#3

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:16pm

What's wrong with asking for audition songs? At least those are different each time.

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#4

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:17pm

What's going on? Geez, that list of topics is way more diverse than what we had when I first joined. Back then it was all about "Idina's latest booger" or some such thing.

#5

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:17pm

I think someone should start a thread titled:

What is your favorite overasked question?

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#6

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:18pm

The "Any one have the script" threads got old fast.

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#7

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:19pm

It's called groupthink, sadly.

#8

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:20pm

It's normal to get repeats, but not within FIVE minutes of each other!

Just yesterday, on the SAME page of posts, there were five different topics for script requests, and on this same page, two posts asking when Idina was going to leave and one post linking to a news article on when Idina was leaving.

I think we've been invaded by shills and 10 year old kids!

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#9

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:22pm

Look at who's starting these threads and you may get a clue. Besides, don't you remember the Great Post-Tony Idiot Invasion? That was way worse.

#10

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:25pm

Oh lordy, do I ever? But Matt_G and I had a little fun with it. After a bunch of posts:

Idina's Hair
Idina's Eyes
Idina's Voice

I finally made a post, Idina's Cup Size.

Those were the days...

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#11

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:28pm

A lot of the repeat posts are asked by newbies who probably don't know that a search feature even exists and don't look around.

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"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

#12

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:32pm

Does anyone know if Idina removes her green makeup every day or leaves it on all the time so she doesn't have to waste valuable vocal warm-up time reapplying for every show?

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#13

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:36pm

I think I read something about the steam shower, so it is possible that she removes it after every show otherwise it would run into her eyes and then she wouldn't be able to see. And it would also interfere with her yoga class so I do think she removes it. With cold cream maybe? Sorry I couldn't be a bigger help.

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#14

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:43pm

this is very true. i'm relatively new to the board and i became addicted this summer. i read more than i post. but lately it's awfully repetative and frustrating so i've stopped checking as frequently. i know i'm not one to talk but just expressing that i agree with you.

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#15

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:45pm

I think I caught the tail end of the BWW "Golden Age" when I joined about 6 months ago. Since then, it's slowly progressed to shill and repetative posts. I miss the days of the majority of posts being very insightful and interesting, while still maintaining that fun side. Maybe it's a cycle and we'll see the BWW "Golden Age" again?

#16

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 10:58pm

I believe i missed the 'Golden Age' but the threads have certainly gone downhill in quality since I joined. hmmm hope I didnt have anything to do with it....

#17

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:00pm

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!
NOW GET OUT!

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Thank you so much Fair. You are such a "Bewitching" HUSSY! -(DAME 12/2)

#18

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:24pm

Well, then start a thread that is worthwhile. There's plenty of board-complaint threads around here already.

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#19

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:28pm

'IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!
NOW GET OUT! '

Yep. You caught me. You know how I cant help posting about Idina's bodily functions. It's just so... facinating. LOL jk

#20

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:35pm

"I think we've been invaded by shills and 10 year old kids!"

And could you tell me why they would be asking for audition songs? A lot of the shills and immature people are 18+...

I DO agree that it is a lot different than when I first joined. These kind of threads have scared away the intelligent folks...we need to balance them out. The only way to change BWW is for us to start posting these kind of threads...just saying the it has changed is not going to do a thing.

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Updated On: 9/18/04 at 11:35 PM

#21

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:54pm

Would it be better if we talked about Peter Pan?

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#22

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/18/04 at 11:56pm

I'll start discussing baseball if I would never see an "IDINA!" thread again.

But then again, I'm probably biased on that.

#23

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/19/04 at 11:52am

Yes, it would definitely help to discuss PETER PAN. The show is rarely talked about. We had some recent discussion, but it ended quickly.

The problem definitely is not that there isn't enough intellectual posts. Its that users don't scroll down to read the recent posts, and they don't look at the next one or two pages. If they took the time to do this, they would see topics that they were about to start.

As for myself, I have my share of intellectual and fun posts, but I never repeat anything.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

#24

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/19/04 at 12:22pm

"Do you expect subjects related to sports or something?"

That sums all the complaining up.

#25

re: What's going on with BWW??

Posted: 9/19/04 at 12:49pm

If people dont think there are enough intelligent and interesting posts, why dont they create some?