CARLY JIBSON is Tracy Turnblad — Page 2

jim, a little indecisive about your icon today?

Someone needs to tell me why in Hairspray, Link knows Motormouth and says hi and everything - "always nice to see you Miss Motormouth" -but he doesnt seem to know who Seaweed is when they meet and gets weirded out at that encounter?

Mistress - That was a great observation about Link, Motormouth and Seaweed. I'm gonna have to start asking questions now and get you the answer.

As for my icon, what do you mean? Phantom's is a bit pornographic, eh?

BroadwayGuy2 - That was very sweet of you to say.

Updated On: 6/17/04 at 02:17 AM

What does Matty Fresh say?

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I never saw Winokur, but Carly Jibson was phenomenal in the role. I saw it with her and McKean, and the roof definitely came off. It's still a blockbuster show, thanks in gigantic part to Jibson's charm and talent. I simply can't imagine Tracy being played better.

The nasty comments on her performance are totally unjustified in my opinion. And if she was curt at the stage door one night, maybe she had a cold. Maybe it was her time of the month. Can't a performer EVER BE HUMAN with you people???

One of teh things that I LOVE about Carly is that when she steps on teh stage, she OWNS teh stage.. and you can tell that SHE is the star.

My theory on the names is that trying to include every name would be cheesey and would seem very "worked in". What should they do? Add a 'roll call' to the finale? The white kids have their names used as part of the "Corny Collins Show". Not reality.

Mistress - When I rehearse with Matt in a few weeks can I call him Matty Fresh? Will he know what I'm referring to?

Matt G - Perhaps you did see Carly on an "off" night. We all know that everyone has them. Maybe you'll have an oppotunity to see her again. Having done 250 shows with her on the tour, I can say without hesitation that she is tremendously talented. As far as I know, the only "accent" she uses is that of her native Muskegan, Michigan where they all kinda sound like they're from Fargo......and that's something that comes out naturally....You should hear her after a few beers though....HA! (joking) She's too young to drink beer, right?

Anyway, cheers to all. It's a lovely day in San Francisco today.

If you are having a bad day, you don't want to deal with annoying fok, do ya? LOL. I feel sorry for Tracy Jai Edwards! There was a whole group of staright teenaged boys (at Hairspray!!!) waiting to accost her at the stage door!


and Jim, one is never too young to drink!.. OOPS.

Updated On: 6/18/04 at 03:14 PM

Mistress: It's never said that they don't know each other it's more of a he's not my race and not my elder so I don't have to be extra nice to him type thing. When they see each other in the school yard they "how ya doin" kind of thing people who know each other but aren't comfortable with each other who react that why to, they just become friendly later on.

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It really depends on how that scene is played I guess. I might have come to that conclusion too but the 'how ya doin' from Link tends to be said before he even notices that the person hes being introduced to is black- thats why its followed by the awkwardness. I never got the impression that they know each other. If Link looked at him then said how ya doin then looked around, it might read like 'i hope no one saw me saying hi to the black kid' but thats not how its done. As I remember it seems more like 'wow I wasnt expecting Tracys friend Seaweed to be black.' Id agree that Link was being nice to an elder he had seen around the station but if he had seen Motormouth around, even though they clearly tape on different days, then I still wonder why Link doesnt know Seaweed. It could be argued I guess that he knew him around school but didnt know his nam hence his shock when Tracy introduces him... but thats a lot of reading into one line of the script. I always thought Links stand on the issue was driven mostly by self involvement and lack of exposure, not by actual prejudices which is why Link showing not qualms about saying hi to Motormouth is important...

And Jim, you can definitely call him Matty Fresh, when we set up his website we got two domains- one is mattmorrison.net and the other: mattyfresh.com - hes had the nickname ever since he was in a mock boy band called Fresh Step with Jeremy Kushnier.

Im sure Marc will read this topic sooner or later...

btw, i do realize that its not general practice for the ensemble to have their names stated in shows, i just thought it was interesting in a show that makes such a point to name every single character, the only ones that dont have their names said in the script are all black... stooie is never said either but that actor is two characters.

i also wanted to point out that chester gregory also noticed this in the script and sometimes just throws in their names randomly...

Updated On: 6/17/04 at 11:44 PM