Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 10:46am
Love this show; hate Cook. Here's hoping he surprises.
Would this be considered a new play?
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Updated On: 11/18/10 at 10:46 AM
#2Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:01amI actually feel that Cook is a pretty good choice for this role. He definitely fits the material well.
#2Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:13amDane is a perfect fit for the part.
#3Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:14amWhelp, there's one show I can save my money by not seeing. ugh- such a disgusting and not funny man. Looks like someone is having a last ditch effort to save his career.
#4Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:47amAnd now commence the fantasy casting of the two females roles.
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#5Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:04pmAgreed on Cook being well suited to the material. I usually don't like him at all, but I thought he was surprisingly okay in "Dan in Real Life", a movie I love.
#6Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:19pmIs Fat Pig funny? Dane Cook sure isn't.
#7Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:47pmFrom what I remember of the material, it's a drama with it's moments of comedy but that character Cook will be playing, Carter, is sort of an ex-frat boy type character. He thinks he's funny and witty but he's not necessarily. That's what I remember of the show at least, I may not be right.
#8Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 12:52pm
"He thinks he's funny and witty but he's not necessarily."
Then Dane Cook is perfect.
#9Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 1:04pm
Snooki as Helen.
Megan Fox as Jeannie.
Tonys all around.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#10Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 1:13pmUgh. I don't think I could sit through two hours of Dane Cook just on principle.
Holbee
Featured Actor Joined: 8/3/05
#11Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:27pmAre we sure he's playing the Jeremy Piven role? Cause Cook would actually be more perfectly cast as the snarky co-worker...
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#12Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 8:48pm
Looks like someone is having a last ditch effort to save his career.
I can't stand him, but isn't he like the most successful comedian around?
quitetheatrical23
Understudy Joined: 1/30/10
#13Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 9:12pmyes he is the most commercially successful comedian right now and he's in high demand. his handful of film roles however are not much to speak of and most of his film roles have been disasters. Say what you will but you can't dispute the fact that he's has a very commercially successful career.
#14Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 9:25pm
He is commercially successful among 11-year olds who find his fart, fat and body odor jokes hilarious. Everyone else thinks he's an idiot. Especially anyone else in the comedy world.
And Holbee- if you read the original post and article, he is playing the snarky co-worker, not the Jeremy Piven role.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#15Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:52pm
I'll confess I don't know who Dane Cook is. Andrew McCarthy was terrific in the part off-Broadway.
I think this is Neil LaBute's best play, and I'll be interested in seeing it again.
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#16Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/18/10 at 11:54pmDane Cook's stand up isn't funny. But he's not an awful actor. And this is like the perfect role for him.
#17Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:05amI've watched at least five of his stand-up specials, and didn't laugh once. BUT, he is a surprisingly adept actor.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#18Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:08amSo is this production directly related to the smashing success of REASONS TO BE PRETTY?
lightguy06222
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/06
#19Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/19/10 at 12:15am
To each his own. I find Dane Cook funny. He's not brilliant, but he does make me laugh.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $9 million. In the last five years, he has starred in 10 films, and has 3 upcoming projects.(many of which were stinkers, but some were hysterical). He has released 5 shows on CD/DVD. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years. He has toured the country with his comedy show three times.
All the above since 2003.
Doesn't sound like a career that needs saving with a stint on broadway.
I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do.
Barney Stinson
Leading Actor Joined: 5/1/09
#20Dane Cook coming to Bway in FAT PIG this Spring
Posted: 11/19/10 at 1:41am
Ironically, 2003 was right around the time Cook took a turn for the worse. I first saw him in 99. Hilarious. Saw him at Carolines several times from 2000-2003, always a great, and very very funny show.
Then literally, the second he really blew up - he lost it completely. Watching his later stuff, like Retaliation, is just depressing. He was so, so, so funny. But the Dane Cook America knows (and mostly hates) has has been pretty awful. It's arena rock comedy, which deserves the ridicule it receives.
Very sad.
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