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#1

Guilty Pleasures

I will be the first to own up to bombs I loved

In no particular order

1. The Civil War
2. DOTV
3. Rockabye Hamlet

More to follow . By the way, I made Broadway Star without realizing it . That makes up for having to deal with the world's most moronic boss in history. I will always remember what he said in the job interview - "I do not want my company to grow any bigger". Here is a real brain surgeon . The only man in the world who owns a company & does not want it to grow. Reason is he is a micromanager of the highest order & he needs it that small so he can control every aspect of it. Mr Mc Murphy, time for your medication
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Updated On: 9/11/03 at 06:29 PM

#2

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If we are owning up I have to admit my loving of two bombs weren't in the theatre. They were movies. The Blob and Buckaroo Bonzai.
Sorry I know, but true.
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The awwwwwful Rage of the Heart concept CD with Michael Ball.

I get immense joy from listening to such drivel.
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Man, have you hit a topic for me. It seems that a LOT of the shows/movies I like other consider bombs.

Knightriders–not the car. It was the first movie that Ed Harris starred in. A traveling Ren Fest with motorcycles. I’m not into the cycles but I loved the message of the movie. “I’m fighting the dragon!” the king, Sir William (Ed Harris) says and I understand him 100%

EnemyMine–Dennis Quaid/Louis Gossett, Jr. At first glance I thought it was a remake of an old Star Trek show, “Arena”. Lizard man VS Human but it’s so much more. Two mortal enemies stranded on a desolate planet, each with little or no hope of rescue. Hate turns to reliance on each other to grudging respect and that turns to friendship and understanding. It’s a great movie.

Just two of my guilty pleasures.

D
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The Goodbye Girl: I'm sorry, I love that show's music. I know it was a totaly bomb, but hey it's a guilty pleasure!
~*Christa*~ "Don't ya wanna be the life of the party?" Idina Menzel, THE WILD PARTY
#6

Guilty Pleasures

METROPOLIS
WITCHES OF EASTWICK *i love 'Another Night at Daryll's'*

...and CARRIE.....

ah and the demo for DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES
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"Romeo and Juliet ~ the Musical", "Xanadu", "Grease 2"

They're so bad, they're good.

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet
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Ahh... this is a good one.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Big
DOTV
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Whistle Down the Wind
Never even made it to B'way
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I have a soft spot for Metro myself. I think it was the flying ballet in black light.

And Jennie, the Mary Martin musical based on the life of Laurette Taylor...
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never seen it but love listening to

Flora the Red Menace
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Mamma Mia!
Ballroom

Film:
Can't Stop The Music (but of course)
The Legend of Lylah Clare - Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Rosella Falk, Coral Browne, Michael Murphy among others in the most fabulously bad Hollywood movie ever and that's saying quite a lot.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
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Dof,
Oh my gawd, I remember ENEMY MINE! Remember when Louis Gossett has a baby and Dennis Quaid raises it? Hee, hee, that one it definitely a guilty pleasure.

THE DEAD ZONE - Christopher Walken at his creepy, but not TOO creepy, best.

REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (TV movie) - It was like a car wreck, I could not turn away! I was RIVITED! It was so bad that it was beautiful!

XANADU - of course!
"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"
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Sleepaway Camp! The BEST worse horror film EVER EVER made! The end is so shocking you will die, literally die laughing!
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also liked BUCKAROO BONZAI and XANADU and GREASE 2 ("Coo-ooo-ooo-ool Rider" Miss Pfeiffer!).

Enjoyed GOODBYE GIRL's performances a lot, both Peters and Short were way beyond the material.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."
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Guilty Pleasures

Hey Chris! Yea, I forgot to mention that it had a twist. Great movie. I just bought it at Walmart in the $5.00 DVD bin but haven't set down to watch it again.   Guilty Pleasures "Zammis get four, five?"

I guess I should have also mentioned DOTV but I don't really consider it bad --I liked it--or a guilty pleasure so it didn't fit the thread.

D
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Ahhh...yes...the flying Ballet in Metro was breathtaking.

As for the Dead Zone..I think that was a pretty well reviewed movie...so I wouldn't feel too guilty.

Just thought of my two biggest..non theater related...guilty pleasures.

Fried Oreos
Britney Spears
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Definitly Grease 2! I organized "Girl For All Seasons" for our talent show in 6th grade. :-P And a movie that I would actually almost consider a musical, but not quite, Get Over It. I ADORE this film with its cheesyness (I've never tried to spell that word before and I think I've failed at spelling it right), silly songs and musical sequences, and of course: Martin Short! It really is hilarious despite its ridiculouness.
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Rob,

"Sleep Away Camp"...OMG, I thought I was the only one that was completely mesmermized by such a trashy, tasteless movie. I remember watching it at a slumber party when I was 13...Let's just say we re-played the ending numerous times. re: re: re:   Guilty Pleasures

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Believe it or not, I saw the original production of METRO when I was visiting Poland. As I don't speak Polish, I couldn't understand a word of it. I really can't judge its merits.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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To Dollypop

I saw it & it made no sense in English either. Maybe Swahili might do it
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