Company Commentary Thread- Page 2

[Yankeefan007]

re: Company Commentary Thread#25

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:24pm

Didn't notice it.

[Scarywarhol]

re: Company Commentary Thread#26

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:24pm

Ha, simultaneious posting.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Company Commentary Thread#27

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:25pm

I didn't notice the cut, but I very well could have hallucinated. They had a warning beforehand that said there was language and this was only appropriate for "mature viewers." Why would you have that and then censor?

Did this show recoup?

No, I don't believe it did.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 2/20/08 at 09:25 PM

[B3TA07]

re: Company Commentary Thread#28

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:26pm

Glad to know it wasn't just me.


This song is so pretty.

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[Eris0303]

re: Company Commentary Thread#29

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:27pm

But they didn't censor "For Christ's sake"

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[frogs_fan85]

re: Company Commentary Thread#30

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:27pm

Matt Castle just said "Christ" without being censored...

[Liverpool]

re: Company Commentary Thread#31

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:27pm

barbara walsh totally got gypped out of a tony nomination Updated On: 2/20/08 at 09:27 PM

[spidey_882]

re: Company Commentary Thread#32

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:28pm

I love that Raul has to stand on the block when he stands next to Matt Castle.

Now, mother always said that whenever you hear a strange, frightening, and potentially life-threatening ghostly chant coming from the dark woods that there's one thing that you should do: Not wake the others and go investigate it alone...

[jaystarr]

re: Company Commentary Thread#33

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:29pm

Barbara Walsh is Joanne.

[Liverpool]

re: Company Commentary Thread#34

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:30pm

frogs. Its like how you can say god, and damn but if you put them together it gets censored. its really pathetic attempts by the FCC to appease religious nut bags.

[orangeskittles]

re: Company Commentary Thread#35

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:31pm

Yeah. Jesus Christ is bad, Christ isn't. It's the same way. You can say "ass", but if you say "asshole", they bleep out the "hole" part. The rules for censorship make no f*cking sense.

Did anyone get the "mature audiences" warning before the show? I didn't and had Christ bleeped, but Emcee had the warning and it wasn't bleeped. Maybe there's a correlation.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[Eris0303]

re: Company Commentary Thread#36

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:32pm

"son of a bitch" and "kiss my ass" got through. How about a running tally of what gets censored and what doesn't lol

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[theaterkid1015]

re: Company Commentary Thread#37

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:32pm

I can't lie, I'm underwhelmed. I wish I had seen it onstage. I love the book scenes more than the songs actually. I really don't like when John Doyle makes the choice to have them not touch, such as the wrestling match between the one couple whose names I can't even remember for some reason.

ADORE Raul though.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Clarinetbiter135]

re: Company Commentary Thread#38

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:32pm

LOL.... and they can say all this? oh pbs and the FCC....

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Company Commentary Thread#39

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:33pm

I really don't like when John Doyle makes the choice to have them not touch, such as the wrestling match between the one couple whose names I can't even remember for some reason.

... do you understand why he made that choice? It's pretty key symbolism to the entire point of the production.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 2/20/08 at 09:33 PM

[humbugfoto]

re: Company Commentary Thread#40

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:34pm

Maybe the bleeping is done by your local PBS station, according to local tastes.

Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.

[Eris0303]

re: Company Commentary Thread#41

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:35pm

I'm watching WHYY out of Philadelphia. So far only "Jesus Christ" has been bleeped. Everything else has gotten through.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[Scarywarhol]

re: Company Commentary Thread#42

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:35pm

I didn't get any language/content warning before mine, though they did call it "Sex in the City on Broadway" or something stupid like that...

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Company Commentary Thread#43

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:35pm

Yeah, I was thinking maybe it's regional, but it's still weird that they'd let it through sometimes and not others.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Company Commentary Thread#44

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:36pm

Em, please explain (to me, at least) the symbolism.

[theaterkid1015]

re: Company Commentary Thread#45

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:36pm

Probably to make a comment on the lack of intimacy. I'm sure the choice is supported and reasonable, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Liverpool]

re: Company Commentary Thread#46

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:37pm

Well God Damn just went through uncensored here in New York (not unexpected)

[Scarywarhol]

re: Company Commentary Thread#47

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:37pm

"God" in front of damn just got bleeped, followed directly by son-of-a-bitch unbleeped. so irritating. I'll by the DVD just to avoid that crap...

[B3TA07]

re: Company Commentary Thread#48

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:38pm

They just bleeped "Goddamn" in the song. Maybe they just don't beleive in cursing while singing here in glorious Oklahoma.


"they did call it "Sex in the City on Broadway" or something stupid like that..."


Yeah. It was to the effect of "Before Sex In the City, there was Sex In the City on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed "COMPANY!" blah blah.."

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[orangeskittles]

re: Company Commentary Thread#49

Posted: 2/20/08 at 9:38pm

I love that Raul has to stand on the block when he stands next to Matt Castle.

...It's not as though he has a contract stipulation that the entire cast must be shorter than him. He spends most of the show on the block; it has nothing to do with "having" to look taller next to Matt Castle.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how