Hypocrite or just Tacky? — Page 2

I don't even do that - people like Suleen and Namo have both pointed out (in the past) that because I'm young, gay, and go party a lot that MUST mean I'm a cokehead.

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You have a tendency to sound like you're bragging about going to the parties, Munk, which is decidedly tacky. And if you don't think you do it, please note that you immediately went to the "I have a feeling that people are jealous that they couldn't go to the party" line.

LOTS of us go to every single opening night party. Many of us recognize you from your old icon. But do we point you out to each other and dis you behind your back at the parties? Of course we do.

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"You have a tendency to sound like you're bragging about going to the parties, Munk"

Namo - that is incredibly not true. You might percieve it that way, but it's not how I intended it. I don't even talk about going to parties - I mentioned DEMOCRACY and then I asked Heather if she was gpoing last night, because I know if someone went to a Broadway party I wasn't at, I would want to hear about it. I wasn't BRAGGING at all. Why would I brag? To say that I have friends that invite me to these things? That doesn't make ME any greater or more special. It's not like I'm in all these shows...so please, I'm gaining NOTHING by bragging, if in fact you think that's what I'm doing.

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See, the burden of proof is on the communicator. Whether or not that's what you intended that's how it comes off. And the fault is the way in which you write it.

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Sueleen:

-I don't go to parties "looking for free stuff"
-I don't go to parties to look for a job (?)
-I haven't been putting this show down - I said I didn't love
it. Please. Enough.
-I can't be really glad because it got really crappy reviews -
because - clearly, if you had read them, the show got mixed/mostly positive reviews, so it's IMPOSSIBLE for me to be
happy that they got bad reviews - because they didn't. And if they had, I wouldn't be rejoicing...

Now Suleen, you might not have friends like that, but I guess I'm also not the upstanding person and citizen of the world like you are.

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Back in my partying days, I was lucky enough to be invited to the opening and subsequent party of IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE by Beth Henley and starring Holly Hunter, Lois Smith and the delectable Jon Tenney. I was not a fan of the show (though there were some nice moments), but the party was a BLAST. I ended up sitting at a table filled with lovely, Southern women. Turns out, they were Ms. Henley's sister. Yes. I sat at the same table with the women who were the inspiration for the sisters in CRIMES OF THE HEART.

AND F*CK YOU, I AM BRAGGING!

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Joe:

I wasn't referring to you. I don't dislike the show at all, I never said that. It's very FUN, it's just not what I call a good show. A good show to me is something with depth and meaning - but Spamalot can still be FUN. I don't dislike the show!

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Munk -
First, you say this:
"I could NOT disagree more with the very positive review."

Then, you say this:
"I very much agree with those reviews."
in response to this other post:
"I'd say the Talkin' Broadway review was more of a pan...he called it unispired...and didn't even like Sara Ramirez, whom everyone seemed to like in this show.."

How, exactly, is this not supposed to be interpreted as you not liking the show?

It's hard to explain, but I'll try. It's possible to like a bad show. It's possible to hate an amazing show.

For example, I love TABOO and I saw it on Broadway 14 times. IS the show good? NO! Is it great? Obviously not. It was a guilty pleasure, but I found something in it very enjoyable and reassuring.

With DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, I think it's HYSYERICAL and I love it. But is it a great show? No, not really. But I still love it.

With SPAMALOT, it's in no way a great show. It's not well written, it's decently acted, it's pretty uninspired, but I Love Monty Python and it was a joy to see my favorite story on stage, no matter how lacking I found it. So although I might be judging SPamalot very harshly because I love MP so much and expected so much, that doesn't mean I dont like it. It's not a good show at all, but I like it.

When reviewing a show, I think it's important for critics to only write about THE SHOW. Not whether they enjoyed it or not - which is what Ben Brantley does, and that's why I enjoy him so much. No matter how much he laughed and tapped his foot at DRS, in the end, it's not a great show, and he wrote the review accordingly. I believe that's how it should be done - don't write a rave review for a mediocre show because it was funny. I dont know if any of that made sense to you. But even if it doesn't, I still don't understand why all of you are so concerned about what I do.

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you're just not happy unless you're jacking something are ya, al?

have i told you lately that you're a damn handsome man and that i love you dearly?

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be bold, be bold!

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So wait.

No one brought blow?

You guys f*cking suck.

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