Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
PiraguaGuy2
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#1Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 6:49am
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#2re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 7:08amSo, there's supposed to be funny in there right?
#2re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 8:03am
That was brilliant! Thank you, Gil.
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#3re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 8:18am
Wanna be makes me laugh
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dramamama611
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#4re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 8:32amNot one of Abridged's best, but thanks for posting.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#5re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 8:36amYeah, this one's not very funny...
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#6re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 9:26ambut i totally agree with what he says about the ending. as much as i love the show. i totally agree.
#7re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 10:51amI thought the scene descriptions were hilarious and some of the moments were really good, but overall, not one of the funnier Broadway Abridged scripts. I still enjoyed it though.
#8re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:13am
Eh, not very funny at all. They've done far, far better ones. Their Wicked parody, I think, remains far and away the funniest one.
Foster will jump on any negative Next to Normal bandwagon he can find. It's neauseating.
#9re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:18amI thought it was extremely funny because I honestly had the exact same thoughts while watching the show.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#10re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:28amActually, I don't think that she has PTSD. PTSD wouldn't explain her affective symptoms. I still say bipolar or even possibly borderline personality disorder.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
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#11re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:30am
What do you think: The more you like a show they criticize, the less likely you are to find it funny?
Updated On: 6/22/09 at 11:30 AM
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#12re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:32amJust finished reading it. I haven't seen the show, but I thought it was pretty funny. Especially the part about guessing what rhyme comes next, because I was doing just that while listening to the cast recording.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#13re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:32amI am a big fan of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Spring Awakening, and I thought their parodies were hysterical.
SporkGoddess
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#14re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:40amIt might be because of the subject matter, though. It's a pretty touchy issue.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#15re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:42am
I love Wicked, and the Wicked parody, as I mentioned, if my favorite of any of the ones that they've done.
This one just misses the mark.
#16re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:46am
You hit the nail on the head, Joe! These N2N/Alice Ripley maniacs are unable to be objective.
My personal fave:
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#17re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:47ami thought this was hilarious. laughing the whole time while reading it thank you Bway Abridged!
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#19re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 1:02pmI like the part about the lighting
#20re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 1:16pmThese weren't that funny to begin with. He's still trying?
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#21re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 1:48pmI found the Alice Ripley caveman talk funny at first, but like most of the jokes in these, they are dragged on for far too long.
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#22re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 2:08pmAside from the Ripley/Caveman thing, I thought that was pretty accurate
#23re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 2:12pm
I love Broadway Abridged. Sometimes the plot synopses on the Wikipedia don't really tell the story in a very helpful way; but if you combine them with a BA, you can actually work out what's going on! 
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#24re: Broadway Abridged: Next to Normal
Posted: 6/22/09 at 2:25pm
I've enjoyed parodies of both shows I've disliked and loved.
I "got" the jokes (and even agreed with many) but didn't find them all that funny.
I did like the lighting comments as well!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
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