Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

#1

Do 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

#2

Do 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.

#3

Do 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?

#4

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:50pm

I don't get what you're talking about...

#5

Do 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.

#6

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 3:59pm

Huh? A six pack is like the anti beer belly...

#7

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:01pm

Stomach lumps can't sing to me.

Updated On: 10/29/10 at 04:01 PM

#8

Do 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?

#9

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:12pm

I'm confused as f*ck...

#10

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:13pm

That one guy up there doesn't have abs. He's got a little pot belly.

#11

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:14pm

i don't know about broadway, but definitely needs those abs on ME!!!

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#12

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:15pm

I just googled Broadway Bares & grabbed a clean one.

#13

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:19pm

Broadway needs abs. Otherwise Chicago should have no marketing campaign.

#14

Do 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

#15

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:34pm

Ethel Merman had a stomach you could do laundry on. And she'd show you for a quarter.

#16

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:35pm

I still don't understand the f*cking question!!!

#17

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 4:36pm

Don't be absurd. Let me be.

#18

Do 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.

#19

Do 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

#20

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 5:17pm

If 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...

#21

Do 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

#22

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 5:56pm

Get a life.

#23

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 6:05pm

Obviously an abs fan.

#24

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 6:29pm

Jesus.

#25

Do We Need Abs on Broadway?

Posted: 10/29/10 at 6:32pm

I don't recall seeing six-packs on his portrayals.