Cringe moments in otherwise great shows- Page 2
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#25
Posted: 8/16/20 at 2:32am
qolbinau said: "I wouldn’t go far to say she completely ruined it but it was a very disappointing performance for me given the standards set by Bernadette, the surely countless alternatives available and everything else that was good about that production. "
Not only her, but Jenna Russell was stunning too. Ashford was a disgrace compared to the first two.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#26
Posted: 8/16/20 at 8:08amDrowsy Chaperone’s yellow face scene
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#28
Posted: 8/16/20 at 8:24am
MollyJeanneMusic said: "AlexxGee said: "The Prom when Barry said d*ke after “Changing Lives Reprise.” I love the show but that moment??? Unnecessary."
I wouldn't call Mean Girls a "great show" in the same sense of others on this list, but it does the same thing - in one of the only songs I can listen to from the show, "World Burn," the entire ENSEMBLE screams the word when reading from the Burn Book. It's not a great moment for the show, and I always mute my speaker for that one second when I listen to the song. It's also pretty egregious considering they changed the line in that same song where Regina calls herself a sl*t, supposedly because it was "too offensive," although I think it's just because of the rhyme with "Regina is a fugly cow/Hey Cady, how ya like me now"."
Comparing the two shows, I think Mean Girls' use of the word is a little more justified, since it's being used in a malicious way within the context of the show (being read out of a book used to bully classmates). When it's used in The Prom, it's the button of the song, as if it's supposed to get a laugh or something.
Ditto what someone said earlier about the child p**n scene in Mean Girls.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#29
Posted: 8/16/20 at 10:31amWhen I saw Avenue Q last year prior to its close, it was remarkable how poorly “Everyone’s a Little Big Racist” landed. It was met with very little laughter and a palpable sense of unease from the audience, which definitely was not the case when the show premiered. It’s definitely a very early 00s type of comedy that now feels dated.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#30
Posted: 8/16/20 at 11:58am
In The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jessie Muhler and Andy Karl were playing second rate white actors earnestly playing stereotypes of Indian characters in an 1890 English musical hall production.They were hilarious, the production clearly made a point that they were in 'bad taste' and sorry, yes I do think you're taking political correctness to extreme.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#31
Posted: 8/16/20 at 12:14pm
The ending of If You Could See Her from Cabaret. Comparing a Jewish person to a gorilla? Cringe!
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#32
Posted: 8/16/20 at 12:25pm
I didn’t love In the Heights’ book, but think the score is mostly pretty wonderful. But there is something about “Enough” that really is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
“OHmyGOD eNOUGH!” “Nonononono nonononono!” BARF. I hate it so much.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#33
Posted: 8/16/20 at 12:30pm
Charley Kringas Inc said: "The ending of If You Could See Her from Cabaret. Comparing a Jewish person to a gorilla? Cringe!"
That’s the point of the song, to show how easy and innocuous it is to dehumanize people.
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#34
Posted: 8/16/20 at 12:56pmYea, looks like Cabaret made its point very well!
Cringe moments in otherwise great shows#35
Posted: 8/16/20 at 12:59pmHaha, I guess that joke was not as obvious as I thought.
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