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[HeyMrMusic]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#50

Posted: 10/5/08 at 6:12pm

From what I've heard, it seems to me that the show has changed a lot in terms of its offensiveness. Since everything else in the show now is pretty innocent, I didn't mind the terminal illness jokes. Also, I think people are talking up that one song too much so that even before a person sees the show, they already know they're going to be offended by the song. Maybe give it another chance?

~Steven

[TomMonster]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#51

Posted: 10/5/08 at 6:33pm

I, personally, was more offended with kids saying "i'm gonna get all up in her biddness!"

The whole show just made me uncomfortable.

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#52

Posted: 10/5/08 at 6:36pm

Agreed, Tom.

It's kinda just an altogether awkward experience...

[Parks]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#53

Posted: 10/5/08 at 6:46pm

I hadn't read anything about the show before seeing it--except that was "good" or "bad". Nothing about the actual content.

"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

[HeyMrMusic]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#54

Posted: 10/5/08 at 6:51pm

Well, I do admit that hearing one of the kids saying "I got drunk" was a little cringe-worthy. So young?

~Steven

[CATSNYrevival]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#55

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:03pm

You're pretending like that doesn't happen every day... it does.

[jake6970]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#56

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:07pm

All of this happens to really 13 year olds...to portray it any other way would be untruthful, imo.

[TomMonster]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#57

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:09pm

I agree, sadly, but I still don't think of it as "funny" or "entertaining" in a musical comedy.

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[jake6970]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#58

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:13pm

And it's impossible for everyone to love a show...thankfully what you find boring I find entertaining.

[TomMonster]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#59

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:27pm

Sorry, Jake, I was referring to MrMusic and CatsNY posts RE: the "I got drunk" line; not your post!

"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx

[jake6970]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#60

Posted: 10/5/08 at 7:33pm

no problem haha.

[HeyMrMusic]

re: '13' Revisions: From First Preview To Press Preview#61

Posted: 10/5/08 at 8:01pm

By the way, Lucy on the CD says that she got diagnosed with an eating disorder. She no longer says that. Instead, she says something like, "I went up a dress size."

~Steven