"'FOSSE/VERDON' COMING TO FX" — Page 14

SmoothLover said: "The reviewer in the New Yorker...
We can find things that we think work better than others or we can be critical of the approach but most of us want to tune in because we love the world of theatre from the performances to the backstage drama."

Agreed. Not unlike SMASH a few years ago.

Very well said about watching this show because it is about theater. That's where I'm at. The humorless, charmless way Fosse is being portrayed completely loses me. And yes, it is the writing, but it is also Rockwell. He is painfully wrong for this role.

bk said: "It's not just the geography and calendar liberties - it's making stuff up that did not happen ever. Apparently, those who can find nothing wrong with this show think "dramatic license" (the writers admit that this latest episode is fiction) is fine because that's the story the writers want to tell. Well, this show is about real people who had plenty of real drama in their lives. The writing is lazy, sloppy, and completely soap opera and it didn't have to be. That's my opinion and I'm certainly not alone in it. Read John Rubinstein's comments, which I posted here.

So, if someone were making a film about your life and just made stuff up that presented you in a really bad light, that would be fine because it's dramatic license? Because presenting Bob Fosse as if he could not make a single creative choice without Ms. Verdon's help is patently ridiculous."

You seriously need to let it go. Geez, Louise. The energy you invest in your dissection of each episode needs to be used more productively. Wow!

I’m a Bob Fosse authority of sorts and spot countless slip ups (most notably the fact Bob Fosse never rented any property in Southampton), yet love watching the series to the point of literally crying tears during many moments that have hit home for me. It’s a damn series about their lives. It isn’t a documentary. Had it been a documentary, then I would share every view you have. A documentary should be fact-checked for its life.

I want the next series to be Feud: Martin/Channing

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Updated On: 5/10/19 at 07:57 PM

And I worked soooo hard on my pithy response and it appears Brody/Fosse or some other oh so sensitive type had it removed. I thought it was pretty funny. But if my post was removed why wasn't his "Geez Louise post removed?

Anyway, the Brody/BK film is coming soon.

Today I read that Gwen Verdon was a cat fancier, with upwards of six cats at a time. As a lifelong lover of felines myself, knowing that makes me appreciate and respect (and miss) Gwen all the more.

TotallyEffed said: "Can you imagine Trump tweeting about Gwen Verdon?

“I saw Verdon at Studio 54 once - looked old, legs not as nice as you’d think. Raspy voiced and nasty as they come. Covered in cat hair. Very sad woman. Couldn’t keep a man or a job for longer than a year, loser.”"

You win the internet today. :)

What I appreciated the most about the episode tonight was that I felt empathy for Fosse which I had not felt in prior episodes. Between the way his parents treated him and the heart attack it was all kind of depressing. Was that Brandon Uranowitz as Lenny in the film clips?

Did Gwen really have a boyfriend named Ron?



Fosse was involved in so many interesting projects that a mini series could have been built around Chicago alone.

Updated On: 5/15/19 at 11:57 PM

yeah, a stunning episode last night. Saw a different side of Fosse (& Gwen, too). Next week seems to really center around Chicago. And a special shout-out to Bianca Marroquin as Chita last night!! Finally got to see her as Chita and she was amazing!!