"High mercury levels" force Piven out of SPEED-THE-PLOW- Page 6
"High mercury levels" force Piven out of SPEED-THE-PLOW
piven out; everyone else inside radcliffe#125
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:38pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/theater/19pive.html?_r=1&ref=theater
Seems like he's been trying to get out of the show for a while...sheesh...was he telling the producers that he had dangerous mercury levels back then???
And very interesting that he was trying to find his own replacement...must have been really desperate to get out of there.
I say onward and upward...Macy and Butz will be awesome.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
piven out; everyone else inside radcliffe#128
Posted: 12/18/08 at 6:56pmIt might be an occurence of Dean Jones syndrome.
One heck of a fish story#129
Posted: 12/18/08 at 7:27pmAt least the NYTimes is starting to dig towards the bottom of this farce and separate the truth from the obfuscations. I'm sure all the icky details will come out eventually.
One heck of a fish(y) story#130
Posted: 12/18/08 at 8:02pmI wish him well, but certainly not a trip back to Broadway. I think he got more than he bargained for, and as far as I'm concerned, he can stick to the west coast.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
One heck of a fish(y) story#131
Posted: 12/18/08 at 8:13pm
Jeffrey Richards is his own publicist. It's no shocker that he already did an interview; I'm surprised it took so long.
Piven must have been miserable if he was actually looking for his own replacement.
One heck of a fish(y) story#132
Posted: 12/18/08 at 8:15pm
Interview with Dr. Carlin on WebMD:
http://www.webmd.com/news/20081218/jeremy-pivens-high-mercury-count?src=RSS_PUBLIC
One heck of a fish(y) story#133
Posted: 12/18/08 at 8:32pmEw. Who eats sushi twice a day willingly?
One heck of a fish(y) story#134
Posted: 12/18/08 at 8:56pm
Um, he was hospitalized for three days? Obviously Dr Quack-- er, Colker doesn't know much about a Broadway performance schedule. Jeremy hadn't missed a performance until Tuesday. He did the show Sunday afternoon, and was back in LA on Wednesday.
So when in that time span was he in the (mysterious, unnamed) hospital for three days?
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
One heck of a fish(y) story#136
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:21pm
And if he was legitimately in the hospital, he (or his talkative doctor) couldn't be bothered to call his employers and tell them, quite simply, that he was IN THE HOSPITAL and he wouldn't be able to go on that night?
Three days in the hospital = three day old fish
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
One heck of a fish(y) story#137
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:27pmIf the issue really is his diet, then the fix has to do with his diet. He's gonna be tired no matter if he rests or not. I could understand taking even a week off for exhaustion, but months?! That just exposes the fact that this is an excuse to drop out of a show he is contracted to perform. It's the sort of typical Hollywood laziness that the play seeks to expose, and I'm ashamed of Piven for it.
One heck of a fish(y) story#138
Posted: 12/18/08 at 9:46pmI have a lot of lingering affection for Piven from Cupid (and probably because I don't watch Entourage), but I have to say...yeah, this story is bizarre. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he's not making it easy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
One heck of a fish(y) story#139
Posted: 12/18/08 at 10:32pmColker clearly fancies himself as "doctor to the stars."
One heck of a fish(y) story#140
Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:49amPiven's doctor taking the blame is like the guy who apologized for his face getting in the way of Cheney's gun.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
One heck of a fish(y) story#141
Posted: 12/19/08 at 12:58amBecause the doctor's the victim here somehow? Your metaphor doesn't hold up.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
One heck of a fish(y) story#142
Posted: 12/19/08 at 1:37amShow closes, Major lawsuit, I hope Piven loses his shirt for this, his name had made the show a hit.
One heck of a fish(y) story#143
Posted: 12/19/08 at 1:38amI hope the show is able to stay open, but also that Piven gets what he deserves for his behavior. Legitimately ill or not, he hasn't handled this with much grace at all.
Featured Actor Joined: 8/21/08
One heck of a fish(y) story#144
Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:00am
PalJoey quoted this fragment: “The ideology is unclear, but his level of mercury was uncharacteristically high, one of the highest we’ve seen,” Colker said.
Interesting ('freudian') slip -- not sure on whose part yet.
The "ideology" -- that would be the "thinking behind the thing." Usually, though, we talk about "etiology," which refers to the "precipitating factor(s) of the thing." I would have expected the doctor to say, "the etiology (cause) is unclear..."
So, hmmmm, whose thinking/"ideology" was unclear --? in thinking up this excuse for a tv personality who wanted to get that Broadway thing on his resume?...
I'm so sick of these rookies -- if you're a celebrity, and want to have that Broadway credit to point to, then LEARN to ACT in the Theatre, please.
First thing, tv- and film-types, that means you have to memorize the Whole Script and say it the same way every time.
Second, you have to do it eight times a week. The whole play and everything.
Jeremy and Cedric are having drinks together right now.
One heck of a fish(y) story#145
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:09amHey, now. Cedric was great in his role. Don't lump him into this mess.
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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One heck of a fish(y) story#146
Posted: 12/19/08 at 10:11amI didn't see Cedric, but... I think you may mean Terrence LadyDramaturg2
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
One heck of a fish(y) story#147
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:12am
Oh poor little fella, he probably can;t take the discipline and energy of doing 8 shows
a week.... that probably made his mercury levers go very high.... as soon as he goes
back to L.A. and starts to party again - - - it will probably drop his mercury level
REAL FAST ! Good Bye Mr. P.
One heck of a fish(y) story#148
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:20amIt is all definitely odd, but since I'm not directly involved, I don't think I'll pretend to know the truth. I've always liked Piven as an actor, but I don't know him personally, so I don't feel very comfortable judging him at this point.
One heck of a fish(y) story#149
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:23amAny fours? Go fish.
One heck of a fish(y) story#150
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:28am
Heh. The fish story is starting to stink even more. A rather revealing article on Dr Quack-- er, Colker:
Meet Mercury-Poisoned Jeremy Piven's Fishy Celebrity Doctor
One heck of a fish(y) story#151
Posted: 12/19/08 at 11:43am
I honestly think the fact that Raul was getting so many accolades had something to do with this.
Didn't a few reviews come right out and SAY, "Sure, people are coming to see Jeremy Piven, but Esparza is the true star here?"
And I think one said something like, "Esparza runs away with the entire show when Piven is not looking." (Which I don't think is entirely true, because Moss is great in her role, too.)
He couldn't handle not being the one everyone was falling over...and he acted like a spoiled child and wanted-out.
Well, Mr. Piven...when you go home and polish all your Emmy and Golden Globe awards, remember that guy who was passed over for a Tony for what most feel was the best performance by a leading actor in a musical in years...and still comes to work every day and gives his best in every show he's done since then.
This has done nothing but make me respect and admire hardworking, humble stage actors even more.
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