Any shows that offended you?
Any shows that offended you?
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:20pm
Are there any shows that have offended you?
Like, some people I know were offended by Assassins.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#2re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:25pm
I have always gotten the impression that Assassins is a show that devides people. It is the show that first comes to mind when people discuss "Love/Hate Shows." Meaning shows that people either love or hate with equal passion.
I can't remember any shows that truley offended me. There are shows I haven't liked, but I would not say they offended me.
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#2re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:28pm
Assassins offends people that think of it as a piece about killing the President, which on the surface it is about, but if you go beneath the surface, it's a very human piece. It's about much more than that.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#3re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:28pm
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
and
The Life
For glorifying prostitution in a tasteless and unrealistic way. The former made it all so stupid and the latter was the fantasies of three old white guys.
Hated them and was mad at the creators and felt bad for the actors.
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BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#4re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:31pmI was offended by Spring Awakening. I hope musical theatre isn't turning to that. A cheap rip off of another bad musical currently running.
#5re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:33pm
Corpus Christi
And well, Equus didn't sit well with me either.
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dramaboy27
Understudy Joined: 5/7/07
#6re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:40pmSpring Awakening is hardly a recreation of Rent if that is what you are emplying...it is a beautiful fresh new musical story line( since it was a play first I suppose it is not new writing) the music is beautiful and moving and the story is something that every teenager can relate to in some way and is very effective in its ability to pull you in and take you on a journey...I dont mind that you didnt like it but to say it is distastful or a copy you are wrong!!
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#7re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:43pmWhat about Corpus Christi offended you?
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#8re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:43pmIt seems like a lot of mothers or parents get offended by the smallest things in plays. "I don't want my kids seeing Curtains because the use chairs to represent penises." Ridiculous.
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AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#9re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:43pm
Well, to being with, I am a teenager and I don't relate to Spring Awakening at all. And you can't *really* say that it's ok that someone has a negative opinion but then tell them that the opinion you said was ok is wrong.
I mean I'm just saying.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#10re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:44pm
I'm also curious re: Equus.
was it the nudity?
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ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#11re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:45pmuh, MAMMA MIA!
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
#12re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:46pmI wouldn't exactly say Equus "offended" me but it just made me uncomfortable. I still think it's a great work though.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#13re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:48pmHow on Earth can you be offended by MAMMA MIA?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#14re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:49pmI was offended by that show in Spider Man 3. It was a slap in the face to the musical theatre.
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MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#15re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:49pm
Anna - same here. I saw Spring Awakening 3 months after I turned 17, so pretty much the core age group that is being represented with the show.
Though I can expressly say without hesitation, like you, I did not in any way identify with the characters' plights, I did think the show was great, and truly thought the talent level being represented by such young performers was REMARKABLE.
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#16re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:51pmSitting through "The Rat King" yesterday offended me simply because it was horrible.
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theactorsociety
Stand-by Joined: 4/24/05
#17re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:56pmMy friend and her mother left during The Wedding SInger because of language and vugarity.
#18re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 2:59pmI know someone who walked out of Rent for that very same reason, theactorsociety.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
ChecksintheMayo
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/06
#19re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:00pmI sat next to two women at Young Frankenstein who gasped and were shocked when Roger Bart squeaked "Ohhhhhhhhh fuuck!" during a scene. Seriously. Two and a half hours of dick jokes and panty flashes and you're appalled by an f-bomb?
#20re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:01pmCall me crazy, but I think you should know whether or not a show contains material that you will find offensive before you go.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#21re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:05pm
But, it was MEL BROOKS. What were they expecting? Disney?
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#22re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:09pmstrangely enough, a lot of people do not know who mel brooks is.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#23re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:11pmActually I retract my earlier statement. Grease is probably the show I was most offended by.
"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
AnnaK<3LMIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#24re: Any shows that offended you?
Posted: 8/22/07 at 3:16pm
You never do know what people will get offended by. A girl I know was completely offended by The History Boys and The Producers because of all the sexuality, but she LOVES Spring Awakening and RENT. Another person I know is offended by Grease because of the teen pregnancy, but Spring Awakening is not a big deal. Now, I know we've established that a lot of teenagers respond to SA, but to me it's strange to be offended by GREASE but not SA.
I dunno I dunno.
A LOT of people get offended by chicago.
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I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
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