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Favorite 'Bad Guy'
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#25re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 8:29amI wouldn't say Velma was the Bad Guy of Chicago. Sure she's in prison for offing her sister and husband, but "it wasn't until later, when I was washing the blood of my hands, I even knew they were dead." And then it's that bitch Roxie who comes in and steals her lawyer, her trial date, her publicity and finally her shoes.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#26re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 11:38amI can see where you are coming from saying that Velma is bad but I always thought that the government of Chicago is what all the main characters are working against. Of course if you were thinking who is most morally wrong, a lot of the Chicago characters would probably make the list.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#27re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 2:09pmwell to clarify ... i guess velma really isn't that bad so much as no one in the show save the hunyak is actually good or redeaming... its the reason i really like the show
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#28re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 2:36pm
I would have said Sweeny Todd as well. Just because youre rooting for the character, doesnt make him the good guy. I mean towards the end he just starts killing everyone willy nilly :)
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defy_gravity
Stand-by Joined: 9/12/04
#29re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 4:37pmErik, and Javert, and Madame Morrible (Horrible Morrible, for the book readers) and Amber von Tussle (I like her better than Velma- esp. in "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now")
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#30re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 4:48pm
I like Benny (RENT). I just love the character!!
Also, Macavity (CATS). I don't know if you would call him "bad" or not, but Judas from JCS.
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#31re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 5:15pmJavert, Chauvilin, and Orin.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#32re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 5:39pmI don't think I'd say Judas is the bad guy in JCS either.. I'd give that honor to Caiaphas or even King Herod toward the end.
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#33re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 6:15pm
"amber von tussle"
Oy. My vote goes to the entire cast of Assassins (does that count?)
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#34re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 6:19pm
Dr. Parker in Bat Boy
Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd
The Giant in Into the Woods
The last two, while technically the "bad guys", have reasons for their actions, and are more developed than normal bad guys. Dr. Parker, to a lesser extent.
#35re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 6:43pmI don't think I'd really say there is a definitive "bad guy" in ITW. I mean, the witch is a "bad guy"..the wolf is a "bad guy"... but the wolf dies, and the witch becomes not so bad.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#36re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/20/04 at 6:56pmJavert, Scar, Officer Lockstock, Marvin
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laactress
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/7/04
#38re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 12:30pmJavert & Scar for sure!
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#39re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 2:52pm
Count Carl-Magnus Malcom from "A Little Night Music"
Gaston-Beauty and The Beast(Kinda similar if you think about it)
The Wolf-Into The Woods (But come on is he really bad or just hungry?)
Austin and Lee in True West (but them being the same person and victims of situations is a whole other topic that I just might start if I feel I have the time and strength)
The Dentist in LSOH
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#40re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 5:09pm
the dentist in LSOH
Javert in Les Miserables
if this works...Zoser in AIDA (he kinda pushes radames into marring amneris because it will give him power. that kinda makes him a bad guy.)
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#41re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 10:40pm
-Erik (although I don't think the Phantom was truly a "bad guy"...just misunderstood.)
-Javert (not that "bad" either...his fatal flaw was his inflexible ideals, that's all)
-Mrs. Lovett (gotta love them pies!)
-Mrs. Meers (insanely hilarious)
~Rosalynn
#42re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 11:27pmOh oh oh!!! I forgot how much I like Burrs from MJLaC's "Wild Party!"
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#43re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/22/04 at 11:34pm
The Wickersham Brothers- Seussical
Chuck Cranston- Footloose!
Rooster- Annie
Real men are tenors.
#44re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 1:54am
Who was Bluebeard? Nobody!
Who was Nero? Nobody!
Who was Jack the Ripper? Nobody!
The crawlingest, cruelest, crummiest, crookedest, crook remains unabashedly...
I kinda like Joseph's brothers too...
Updated On: 9/23/04 at 01:54 AM
#45re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 2:33am
the beast isn't a frickin' bad guy!
Mine is Caldwell B Cladwell.
You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#46re: Favorite 'Bad Guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 8:46amNorma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard. Not exactly a Bad Guy in the true sense of the term but still.
#47re: favorite 'bad guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 12:20pmmichael riedel
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#48re: favorite 'bad guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 3:07pm
Judd Fry - I'm really surprised no one has said him. The guy who played him in the last b'way production (and won a Tony) was great!
Plus he's a great role for a baritone to play because "to call my own" is a GREAT song for acting/singing.
#49re: favorite 'bad guy'
Posted: 9/23/04 at 3:17pm
My favs are:
Velma - Chicago
Mrs. Meers - Millie
Rooster - Annie
Amber Von Tussle - Hairspray
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