Inside Hairspray-It's FANTASTIC!!! — Page 4

I think it's fun - seen it twice...


The difference is that whereas marc was defending the show, ncb was making up fals accusations, as Marc said....

I told you the Brown Nose Brigade would be swooping in!!

Let's do the math:
(this blowing one's own horn always gets certain folk in here really riled up...get ready!!)

ok...

One composer/lyricist who has been lucky enough to have worked for over 25 years on all sorts of theatre, film, recording and television projects that naturally would appeal to a sizable percentage of folks who post on a Musical Theatre message Board writes in to said message board when his show, partners and friends are anonymously attacked.

around 15 (wow, 15!!) whole people agree with said composer about the nasty bitter tone of the posting and a few offer kind words re: his Tony Winning Best Musical show which entertains a few thousand people a night, even with the occasional unhappy camper

than someone like Munkperson finds it all so distasteful (using lovely words like brownosing and desperation), but finds nothing wrong with his own attacks on aforementioned composers friend and musical comedy star Nathan Lane or other various opinions he or she has written on this board

I guess I am too old and there is some new kind of math taught these days, but why does this not compute??

Huh? I when I said "brown nosing" and "desperation" I wasn't referring to you - I was talking about those who were obviously sucking up, you even said it yourself.

What does that have to do with my not being a fan of Nathan Lane? There's math involved?

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Why does this not compute? I don't know - I think I am also too old to understand. Guess this is why I only occasionally post to internet message boards...

CATSNYrevival has made good points. It's funny how many people on here suck-up and act all phony because the composer is a frequent visitor to this board. I have only seen Hairspray in Seattle and there were things I did like about it, but as a whole, I wasn't as thrilled with it as I would have expected for two reasons:

1). I absolutely love the movie.

2). After South Park my expectations were extremely high. I consider South Park to be absolutely brilliant (on so many levels). The score is really marvelous!

I was just disappointed in Hairspray. It seemed a shell of the movie. I am sure it's hard to adapt a movie to a musical, especially when song takes up so much time...time that a movie fills with dialogue.

I did, however, like some of the music ("You Can't Stop the Beat", "Welcome to the 60s", and "Cooties" were particualar favorites). But, overall, there was disappointment.

What I don't like about chorus boy him saying he's in the know and he knows people, and blah, blah, blah. Anyone on here can say that. In my view, if you claim to be an inside, it holds no water unless you give your true name. Still, it's a discussion board, and everyone has a right to say what they want on here, and it's one of the things I like about it. We have to choose what to place value on and what not to place value on.

Now, I still think Pink Flamingos is a great idea for a musical -NOT!

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Updated On: 3/11/05 at 03:46 PM

And Robin Williams performed the "forbidden" song on Jay Leno...

I'll take the tickets!

Theatre is political, Josh. The only way to survive is to kiss ass.

Look at the crap on Broadway now - talent certainly doesn't seem to matter much...

You, personally, are NOT.

Well, I am sure Webber knows his stuff sound the same. Now, I could honestly say how much I love POTO (read my review)....

Frank Wildhorn....now he is someone I would like to meet!

Well, I think the Mr. Marc of South Park is pretty darn good too.

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You have my word as a fan of good theater and a feminist that if Steinman or Webber posted here I would not hesitate to tell them exactly why I think their work is mostly unlistenable.

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