Is Fun Home too good for Broadway — Page 5

Has the Internet done more to amplify the voices of the media mega machine or to redistribute power to individuals? I often wonder. Personally, I am more likely to see a show based on a friend's recommendation on social media or a post on this site than on a New York Times review, as I suspect many people increasingly are.

It's ALL aspects of the media mega-machine working as a whole, not just critics.

After Eight said: "Sweeney,



There is no cabal or conspiracy, because there is no need for any. When you have people in positions of power who share the same mentality and aims, they don't need to conspire to achieve their goals. They just naturally think and act in unison.. They don't rig anything, for nothing needs to be rigged: everyone's on the same page. Together, their outlook and actions work to determine the present and future course of the theatre by steering it in the way they want it to go with respect to the kind of shows that will be written, produced, showered with praise, pushed for success, and granted it. And as we have seen, when the mega-machine flexes its formidable muscle, it is very successful in achieving its goals. As for disagreement --- what disagreement? How many unfavorable reviews were received by Once, Book of Mormon, Fun Home, Hamilton, The Humans, The Flick, COMBINED? Do they number even a half dozen?

Yep. Quite the jolly state of affairs, wouldn't you say?



Translation: After Eight is mad that Jerry Herman isn't writing every show on Broadway and doesn't understand why people want something different.

"After Eight is mad that Jerry Herman isn't writing every show on Broadway and doesn't understand why people want something different."



I understand that the elitist arbiters of culture have had the power to impose their wants upon the rest of us. What everyone else wanted/wants is another matter entirely. But now it no longer matters what everyone else wanted/wants because the damage has already been done, and we just have to settle for what we've got. Sad, really, but then, no one ever said life was a bed of roses. Those of us who were fortunate enough to smell them while they were in bloom should be eternally grateful to have had that opportunity. I know I am.

Updated On: 5/31/16 at 12:55 PM

I think Fun Home is better than everything else that's new on Broadway, and is one of the most well-crafted shows in the last couple decades. The relative smallness of it gives it power and makes it feel deft, and, beyond Alison finding her sexuality, what really resonates is that feeling of trying to go home again. I've had a long history with my own dad of finding him difficult to relate to, and sometimes it feels like there's a wall between us, and Telephone Wire makes me sob even though he's still alive. It's such a powerful moment that totally capitalizes on how musical theater can tell a story. I'd like to see more Broadway shows aim in Fun Home's direction.

if it is apogetic towards pedophilia, it is bnot a shock the critices love it, as the current agenda is to push pedophilia as acceptable,

WTF-ingF are you talking about?

undercoverusher,

I have not seen it yet

undercover, you get what you get when you write completely unfounded and ridiculous things on here.

aaaaaa15 said: "No, Fun Home is not apologetic towards pedophilia and neither is society in general. Fun Home is a true story. Yes, Bruce was with underage boys and yes this is depicted in the show but no, it is never shown to be something that is okay.



"Explain to me why Todd Nickerson, gets published in salon than. He is a self admitted straight pedophile and published in a mainstream journal

Updated On: 5/31/16 at 03:09 PM

Read his articles...... Might be shocked

Actually, Fun Home has nothing whatsoever to do with pedophilia, as I understand the term.