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

Look familiar?

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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.

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

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.

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

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

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