Bernadette in GYPSY- Page 5
Bernadette in GYPSY
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#100
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:17am
Bernadette singing the alphabet is much better than half the shows that masquerade as Musical Theatre. Think Brooklyn.
STOP BEING SO FUSSY!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#101
Posted: 1/3/05 at 3:42amYeah.. let me stop being fuzzy and enjoy mediocrity. That makes sense.
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#102
Posted: 1/3/05 at 5:01amDame: have you given any thought to changing your screen name to Tomas de Torquemada?
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#103
Posted: 1/3/05 at 5:05am
No DAME, I didn't mean that.
But considering the shows currently on Broadway, I think the fact that Gypsy was on a stage at all is a good thing, even if the production is not the best.
It's Gypsy. Even a terrible production of it is better than Brooklyn.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#104
Posted: 1/3/05 at 9:39amI don't think we should ever just settle and accept mediocrity because it is better than nothing.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#105
Posted: 1/3/05 at 10:39am
She was awful.
She tried so hard to make Mama Rose a bitter, angry woman that all the motherly side of her was missing, and that there was no point in which you could feel the pity for her you needed to make 'Rose's Turn' a success.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#106
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:30pmDear Dame, Bernadette's "mediocrity" is a matter of opinion. It is your (valid) opinion and you have every right to express it. However as you yourself have noted, many have posted a differing opinion here. Many have found Ms. Peters' performance exceptional. That is their (valid) opinion. I don't object to your stating your opinion, though I happen to disagree with it. I do find it a bit tiresome that you have continued to post it again and again with the (somewhat arrogant, in my opinion) implication that those who disagree are just plain wrong and should know better. They are not wrong. Their opinion is different, that's all. Please accept that they disagree with you. If you have something new to say, please say it, but your recent posts are not much different from your first and "we got it the first time."
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#107
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:32pm
Oh I totally accept that. But I was referring to the production this time and not her. And I am bored and have noting else to talk about. And sometimes I like saying things over and over. It makes me happy.. so I might just continue. DEAL WITH IT
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#108
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:37pm
Esig,
I don't think he was calling her mediocre. Just the production. And I agree with the fact that we are easy to accept things as wonderful that are in fact just mediocre because theres nothing else. That is very sad.. and a sad comment on the state of theater.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#109
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:42pm
MY MOTHER!
MY SISTER!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#110
Posted: 1/3/05 at 12:45pmGracias Iris.
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#111
Posted: 1/3/05 at 1:18pm
Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere,
From Zanzibar to Barclay Square.
But Patty's only seen the sight.
A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights ...
What a crazy pair!
But they're cousins,
Identical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.
Where Cathy adores a minuet,
The Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette,
Our Patty loves to rock and roll,
A hot dog makes her lose control ...
What a wild duet!
Still, they're cousins,
Identical cousins and you'll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike ...
You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#112
Posted: 1/3/05 at 1:24pmGet over here and kiss me, robbie. NOW.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#113
Posted: 1/3/05 at 1:37pm
Gladly, rath...TOUNGE OUT!
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#114
Posted: 1/3/05 at 1:44pm*swoons*
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#115
Posted: 1/3/05 at 1:45pm
And to my dearest Amy!
God I love that show!! Two completely different characters played by the same person!
Who knew it could be done?
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#117
Posted: 1/4/05 at 2:43am
I wrote:
"Bernadette singing the alphabet is much better than half the shows that masquerade as Musical Theatre. Think Brooklyn.
STOP BEING SO FUSSY!!!"
DAME wrote:
"Yeah.. let me stop being fuzzy and enjoy mediocrity. That makes sense."
Then wrote:
"Oh I totally accept that. But I was referring to the production this time and not her."
Now DAME, I like you a lot, but that looks to me like you were referring to Bernadette. I was referring to Bernadette, not the production, and you responded talking about mediocrity.
And if Bernadette Peters is mediocre, let me quote Salieri in AMADEUS:
"I am the Patron Saint of Mediocrity!"
I love me some Bernadette Peters!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: Bernadette in GYPSY#118
Posted: 1/4/05 at 10:07amOk. Once and for all and at the risk of giving eslgr8 a ulcer.. I love Bernadette Peters. She is not mediocre. She was ( in my opinion) miscast in the show ( and in this case bad in it.) The production was ( in my opinion) extremely mediocre. Thats it. I am done.
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