Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#1Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:24pm
Do we really need those stomach lumps on Broadway?
Stage presence never was attached to an ab. Do they serve a purpose?
Updated On: 10/29/10 at 03:24 PM
#2Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:42pm
Abs lure my attention...
They're hot. I fail to see the problem here. 
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#2Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:46pm
Okay, oblique muscles can stay.
Whoever knew what they were called until Mr. Morrison's became an issue. They rather remind me of this roomful of little Greek figurines of male torsos at the Louvre. They all had nice hips and those oblique things.
But stomach lumps? Who needs them?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#4Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:55pm
It's like, metaphoric.
A six-pack is just a beer belly to me.
#5Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:59pmHuh? A six pack is like the anti beer belly...
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#6Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:01pmStomach lumps can't sing to me. Updated On: 10/29/10 at 04:01 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#7Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:07pm
Are you saying that before Matthew Morrison got a tv show no one referred to abs as ... abs?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#9Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:13pmThat one guy up there doesn't have abs. He's got a little pot belly.
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#10Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:14pmi don't know about broadway, but definitely needs those abs on ME!!!
#11Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:15pmI just googled Broadway Bares & grabbed a clean one.
#12Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:19pmBroadway needs abs. Otherwise Chicago should have no marketing campaign.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#13Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:27pm
"Are you saying that before Matthew Morrison got a tv show no one referred to abs as ... abs?"
No one knew what obliques were called, or that anybody had any besides him before he ran around in his baby chicken suit on Broadway Bares.
The obliques are not stomach lumps. They are off to the side.
I can't imagine how Mr. Morrison became part of this discussion. Just running around showing off his stomach again, I suppose.
Updated On: 10/29/10 at 04:27 PM
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#14Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:34pmEthel Merman had a stomach you could do laundry on. And she'd show you for a quarter.
#15Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:35pmI still don't understand the f*cking question!!!
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#17Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:38pm
I can't imagine how Mr. Morrison became part of this discussion. Just running around showing off his stomach again, I suppose.
You're the one who said his name.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#18Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:39pm
Yes, after his near-nekkid form was 'splayed afore me.
But the point is, shouldn't we care more about say (if you are going to pick a body part to focus on) a dancer's wonderful legs which are used in performance than lumps on their stomach?
At least legs move and do things. You can't really "see" stomach abs support the back, which is all they apparently do.
Updated On: 10/29/10 at 04:39 PM
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#19Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 5:17pmIf you think a dancer's abs don't play a part in his dancing, then you are very mistaken. Nearly every muscle group is needed and used to pull it off. You wouldn't ask the same question of the ballet, would you? Of course abs are needed on Broadway, and depending on the show and its design there is nothing wrong with showing them off. Ordinarily I would say there are no stupid questions...
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#20Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 5:37pm
Perhaps there is a difference between needing the abs to move and the strange focus on them.
It's like the lean long line of a dancer's arm compared to a weightlifter's that's all bunched up with muscle bulk.
Have they become a symbol of physical prowess? Are they an object of beauty, a fixation? The ab shots I see seem more like objectification, detracting attention away from the skills of a performer. Isn't a shot of a dancer in action more thrilling?
Updated On: 10/29/10 at 05:37 PM
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
Daniel2
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#24Do We Need Abs on Broadway?
Posted: 10/29/10 at 6:32pmI don't recall seeing six-packs on his portrayals.
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