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[kooky]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:17pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=78804 Why is Michael Riedel so hell bent on destroying the show LENNON ? When exactly has he seen it ? I have had the pleasure and joy of seeing it, and hopefully seeing it again. You will be speaking out of the other side of you very large mouth Michael. The last time I looked, your articles appear in the gossip column, since when have
you become a critic ?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:22pm

Just like he was hell-bent on the demolition of Taboo.

Look familiar?

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:34pm

Can you tell me where exactly Riedel is "destroying" the show. He is simply stating the facts of what has happened with Ono, and her friends views on the show.

I find Riedel very amusing.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 12:38pm

That's what he does; he gets them from the inside. Riedel isn't a critic, he's a gossip columnist, and he finds things only tangentially related to the production itself, and things about the people involved with which to tear a show down.

With Taboo, he picked on Rosie. Then he picked on Raúl for his disagreement with Rosie. Much of the show's bad press, even before the reviews, was his doing.

He'll do the same thing to Lennon, if that's what he wants.

He's amusing until he says hurtful things about someone or something *you* really like.

Updated On: 7/17/05 at 12:38 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:03pm

I still don't think he should be taken so seriously. I agree, sometimes he gets out of hand - but he has been pretty tame with Lennon so far - so we will see what happens. He supports Christina Applegate.. so I found that interesting and cool..

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 1:10pm

I don't either, because I think he's a nasty little imp (yes, Thenardier - an imp!). But he is taken somewhat seriously (not in the sense that his opinions are all too valued, I'd assume), because he does, unfortunately, have the ability to be powerful and cause his share of damage.

I find it kind of shocking that he supports Christina. Not that I dislike her - I don't - but I'm just surprised.

Updated On: 7/17/05 at 01:10 PM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 2:59pm

He's an idiot. Plain and simple.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/17/05 at 3:02pm

ha - I didn't want to come out and say it, but I nod in agreement.