Allegiance Previews — Page 6

LizzieCurry said: "After sleeping on it, I wonder how much of the weaker parts of show have been given a pass along the way by various creatives simply because George Takei is so old and beloved and people really, genuinely want to help him tell his story. As in, not enough people wanted to tell him no."

But it's a fictional story set inside of a Japanese-American internment camp. No reason why Takei would care about the story being told that is illuminating the knowledge of this past, I wouldn't think, which is what he wants to draw attention to. He was there from 7 to 14, so nothing Telly is doing links to George's life at all, AFAIK.

haterobics said: "LizzieCurry said: "After sleeping on it, I wonder how much of the weaker parts of show have been given a pass along the way by various creatives simply because George Takei is so old and beloved and people really, genuinely want to help him tell his story. As in, not enough people wanted to tell him no."

But it's a fictional story set inside of a Japanese-American internment camp. No reason why Takei would care about the story being told that is illuminating the knowledge of this past, I wouldn't think, which is what he wants to draw attention to. He was there from 7 to 14, so nothing Telly is doing links to George's life at all, AFAIK.

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I rather doubt Takei insisted on much input for the fictional story bits as well. From his interviews, I think he's more invested in the factual matters and certain dramatic points like the loyalty-splitting questionnaire and $25 "go home" payment.

As for being unable to say "no" to telling "a" story about the internment, that theory doesn't work because it was two of the creatives who sold the musical idea to Takei after their chance meeting.

Lucked into seeing the show again last night because a friend scored tickets. After reading the posts on this board I picked up on some of the things Whizzer mentioned, especially the cliche lyrics, lack of subtlety in directing and generic characters. However, they appear to be working to address these problems. Quite a few lyrical and staging aspects have already been changed since the first preview. Lyrically they established the mother's history and Telly's motivation better, though Lea's is still rather unclear. This definitely seems like something I'll want to come back to after opening, as it seems the show is still very much in flux.

Salonga's tweet regarding this board: "@MsLeaSalonga: I haven't read this board and have no intention to do so. But again, the trolls can go suck it. And suck it hard."

frenchalien said: "Salonga's tweet regarding this board: "@MsLeaSalonga: I haven't read this board and have no intention to do so. But again, the trolls can go suck it. And suck it hard." "

frenchalien appears to be a troll account intent on slandering Salonga, because I'm quite certain she's never tweeted anything like that, which would make her look like an adolescent throwing a tantrum (I assume that's frenchalien's personal projection instead). Smart creatives will seek feedback, and while there are other trolls on this thread, I think most of the comments have been constructively critical. Welcome to the ignore list.

LizzieCurry said: "Who the hell is NBS2010 and why would they even bother tweeting that link to her? Industry people know about the board. Directing them to is is just unnecessarily poking."

Oh, this is actually on Twitter? I must have missed that conversation. Agreed with Haterobics.

"because I'm quite certain she's never tweeted anything like that,"

Please feel free to read Salonga's tweets. There's more.

Agreed. On a related note, she gets weird replies ALL THE TIME on social media (glance at her instagram once in a while), which must make a lot of the online world a different experience for her than for us.

Pootie2 said: "Thanks for the link, LizzieCurry. I think "@" conversation tweets never show up on a Twitter timeline because (some technical thing blah blah I don't always get)."

Just click "Tweets with replies"

haterobics said: "Pootie2 said: "Thanks for the link, LizzieCurry. I think "@" conversation tweets never show up on a Twitter timeline because (some technical thing blah blah I don't always get)."

Just click "Tweets with replies"

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Thanks, but that's while on a specific account's timeline, I believe? I have a Twitter account and followed Salonga's account along with other industry people, but the first tweet was directly posted to her and then she replied directly, which wouldn't appear on my timeline. I think that's how it works. I haven't actually dug into the performers' "with replies" on their individual accounts, which would take too much time...

little_sally said: "I really don't understand people when they complain about critiquing previews. Producers are charging full price, and these days very few changes are actually made during the preview period. I should be allowed to give my opinion, whether positive or negative."

Salonga uses the word "review" so maybe she's thinking of premature actual reviews that are published to newspapers/blogs. That's a different controversy that's appeared on this forum. But yes, audience reactions and feedback are absolutely key in try-outs and previews, otherwise why bother having them at all...

Pootie2, yes, that's how it works. Unless you'd been following both parties, you wouldn't have seen the back-and-forth.

haterobics said: "I can't even sort out who the supposed troll in the thread is? heh. It's been pretty above board in here for BWW..."

The one who expected/hoped the show would close within months, I suppose.