Honeymoon in Vegas Reviews- Page 3

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 11:28am

Wow, Brantley! He really surprised us this this one. And thank goodness!

I would love if Jason Robert Brown FINALLY had a financial success on Broadway. Every single show of his has flopped and closed too early. Bridges was his longest running show... How!?

I wonder if The Last Five Years release will connect to the show through advertising Brown's score in both.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 11:30am

Seriously? You're comparing BROADWAY to FAMILY GUY? Hmm, which one is the higher art form?

I'm not going to argue with you two since you're on your own planet. Bye.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 11:37am

"Seriously? You're comparing BROADWAY to FAMILY GUY? Hmm, which one is the higher art form?"

In a time where the latest blockbuster is The Book of Mormon, I found Honeymoon In Vegas to be tame, fun, and all around a fabulous experience.

If you're so upset about what you consider "distasteful" about Honeymoon In Vegas, go cry to Brantley - how dare he give it a rave?!

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 11:39am

...and this is my problem. "higher art form"?!? Give me a break! No one is calling Honeymoon in Vegas the next Porgy and Bess! It's stupid, silly, and outlandish. It is what it is without any apology. If it's not your cup of tea, move on, but don't act like its attempt at comedy should be banished from the Broadway stage simply because it's too low brow for your perception of the "art form."

[goldenboy]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:01pm

I thought it was an absolute delight from start to finish.

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:11pm

Hoping the reviews do help. The NY papers went from mixed ( Post)!ro positive (Daily News) to rave (NY Times and even Newsday)

i really was entertained and hope these reviews spike sales

[MegInManhattan]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:19pm

Can someone explain to me why this show is "racist"? Because a Polynesian woman sings a song called "Frikki-Frikki" and has a stereotypical accent?

Does that mean that if there's a stereotypical dumb blonde character that a show is "blonde-ist" and offensive?

There's no malice and it's FUNNY.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:36pm

You made an #AllLivesMatter sign, didn't you?

[little_sally]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:49pm

I thought the show had a lot of uncomfortable Asian stereotypes. It wasn't just "Frikki-Frikki" that was racist. I still can't believe that song is still in the show.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:52pm

Looking at the song list, never would have guess that's what Frikki Frikki is supposed to mean. Yeesh- I'm really surprised a song like that actually made it into the show.

[Pootie2]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 12:57pm

As a tourist/outsider, I look at Honeymoon like this: It's Las Vegas, land of superficial chintzy ill repute, the polar opposite of "classy," so I would not expect anything profound and not racist/sexist, honestly.

Updated On: 1/16/15 at 12:57 PM

[DrowsyKaye]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 1:03pm

According to what has been said already, a lot of the racist material occurs in Hawaii. So....

[Pootie2]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 1:04pm

Oh that's great!

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 1:12pm

Well, the main sexist part is the entire story, no? That he gets into debt playing cards and his finance has to spend a weekend with another man, whose interested in her as she looks like his dead wife, to make things right.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 1:42pm

It makes Hawaiians out to be happy and Hawaii a tropical
paradise.

The next thing you are going to say that it is insensitive to airline employees
because they are difficult with a smile. Well airline employees are difficult with a smile.



I think calling it racist is really taking sensitivity way to far!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 1:49pm

You're right- because the characters are happy, it means the portrayal isn't racist! Glad we've got that settled, that happiness=not racist.

[Up In One]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 3:16pm

So where does it sit in the pantheon? Rear mezz? Front side balcony?

[MrJude]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 3:40pm

What I don't understand is how else a character who is from somewhere else can be played without any of you jumping up and down to call an accent or a portrayal racist. The actor of color is the one up there, probably using incredible amounts of talent to marry what perhaps a white male writer is looking for and what they are comfortable and able to play.

I'm a hispanic male and unlike most of my family I don't sport a crazy ridiculous accent. If I was asked to do one for a role I would, because knowing my family I know that as racist as it is to others, people just sometimes happen to talk that way.

[valeposh]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 3:44pm

"You realize that that kind of attitude is part of the problem? If we let joke racism and sterotyping slide, then there's always going to be more."
I don't think this show is "part of the problem". So Book of Mormon states that people in Africa have sex with babies to cure their AIDS? I just don't necessarily think that every Broadway show has to teach us something. I felt like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time taught me something. That doesn't have to be true for all shows. It can just be two hours of entertainment, and that's it. In my own, personal opinion.

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 4:06pm

I hope the show closes.

[MrJude]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 5:07pm

Ah yes, the well-meaning wish to put professionals out of work. You astound me.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 1/16/15 at 10:08pm

This discussion reminded me of one of the greatest misogynists in American theater, and his presence in one of our most beloved musicals.

Women are irrational, that's all there is to that! Their heads are full of cotton, hay, and rags. They're nothing but exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags!

Of course it was not expected that any theatergoer would be persuaded by him to join in those opinions.

[Copperfield2]

Posted: 1/17/15 at 5:26pm

Yes the opening song of Act 2 is also offensive. I felt uncomfortable for the Asian American actor who had to sing the song.

On the other hand, the show seems caught in some retro, Rat Pack age even though it's supposed to be in the present. Brown's score emphasizes that and enjoyed the songs with that vibe. But the book, though sometimes funny, really feels like it was written two decades ago.

[Copperfield2]

Posted: 1/17/15 at 5:30pm

The show has gotten several positive reviews, not just in the Times. Newsday, NY Daily News, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Variety, Time Out New York and a few others.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/17/15 at 5:35pm

"Fact, Honeymoon in Vegas is sexist. Fact, Honeymoon in Vegas is racist."

Nope.

Oh, and even though it was off Broadway, Jason Robert Brown's revival of The Last 5 Years did very well at Second Stage.