Jan Maxwell Quits 'Mr. Sloane'- Page 2

[tralala]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:31pm

Speaking to the press isn't a particularly a smart idea.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:32pm

no way, wbaf. alec's head alone acting indepedently of his body could whip carmack while the rest of his body was busy leveling entire theatres for their lack of air conditioning.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:34pm

Did some friend of hers actually share her emails with the press? That's kind of what it sounds ilke - I certainly hope said "friend" had Ms. Maxwell's blessing on that.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:37pm

If he had just left the U.S. when GWB was re-elected as he said he was going to do, none of this would have happened.

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:24pm

Baldwin admits he punched the wall because of the air conditioning, but says, "I had told people I wanted the temperature of the theater set to my comfort level, because I was sweating profusely onstage. I had asked them several times, but they didn't do it. Maybe I should not have gotten that angry, but all that I ask for is what I need to do my job.

There are lights hanging over the stage... It gets hot onstage. Duh! Plenty of other actors are still able to do their job despite sweating!

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:30pm

PLEASE!!! It gets like an oven in my office every afternoon. I guess I just just punch holes in the wall every afternoon. That would go over well with management! I'd be in HR in a heartbeat and fired the next second. Plus, I'm warm, but tons of other people say it's cold. Should it be made cooler for me or warmer for other people? At some point you have to just suck it up and deal!!!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:43pm

I love how Baldwin's response is, "Oh yeah? Well she didn't say her lines right! So there!"

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:47pm

But despite all this -- he's still better than his brother who goes roller-blading with Pat Robertson or whatever.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:50pm

Which brother? There's like fifty of them, aren't there?

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:51pm

The ugly one. Wait, that doesn't narrow it down. The obnoxious one? Damn. The one who can't act...Uh, the BioDome one.
Updated On: 4/26/06 at 01:51 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:52pm

OH. That explains why I ushered the show last week, it was about the coldest I've ever been, literally about 50 people came up to me alone complaining about the temperature, and when I told the house manager she couldn't do anything about it.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:53pm

technically, baldwin never made that statement. that he'd leave the country. his then-wife kim made it in an interview with a german magazine.

but one must always remember that when you talk baldwins you're talking about lon-giland boys. it's just a different breed.

[robbiej]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:53pm

Steven, right?

The one who did mountains of blow and then "found Jesus"?

Ya know...I'm over the whole "I'm gonna party for YEARS and, when I get tired, find Jesus!" thing.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:57pm

now robbie, he might have found jesus after they found his brother daniel barricaded in his hotel room whacked out on crack. you do remember that whole wild sordid extravaganza, right?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:08pm

To set some of the facts straight: Alec Baldwin is one of those actors who sweats profusely on stage. It's so heavy that it sometimes becomes a distraction. I have a casual acquaintance with him and we've discussed the matter because I have the same problem when I'm acting.

There's nothing worse than trying to play a tender moment in a production when a rivulet of sweat is tripping from the tip of your nose.

Updated On: 4/26/06 at 02:08 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:40pm

Yeah, especially when you've covered with a thick layer or coarse hair.

But we all know that you like that.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:43pm

In what universe is Alec Baldwin sweating profusely a bad thing?

In what universe is kissing Alec's "hairy a**" not a goal to aspire to?

In what universe is the idea of Alec Baldwin throwing things and punching a wall anything but titillating?

And why DIDN'T Jan Maxwell ever say her lines the way Joe Orton wrote them?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:52pm

Well, now we all finally know Namo's secret identity. Who won the pool?

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:53pm

Namo-
Bullies are dreadful. Even if they are as "HOT" as Baldwin.
I am sad about this. I can't believe I have had a crush on a bully for years.
A few years ago he came to our Drama Desk Luncheon, and he was so funny and amusing. And so cute with Cheno. Updated On: 4/26/06 at 02:53 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:54pm

Plus, they have a pill for the sweating.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:00pm

Corine, please try to use some critical faculties. Let's think about what's been going on with Alec Baldwin and the Rupert Murdoch empire. He recently did a radio show and odious Fox squawking head Sean Hannity called in and ambushed him on the air. Alec talked trash right back to him and walked off the show.

Now WHY would the Murdoch-owned Post have a bit of a vendetta against Our Alec? Hmmmmm?

Secondly, WTF was Jan Maxwell doing TALKING to the Post about this? Clearly, she okayed the printing of the emails.

Don't be afraid to use some critical thinking skills Corine. I realize that Ms. Maxwell was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which makes her quite beloved in these parts. But really.

Updated On: 4/26/06 at 03:00 PM

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:02pm

I'd like to point out, going back through the thread, I found the whole issue of people believing a Reidel/NYPost column circumspect first, Namo.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:03pm

Ahhhhhh...I had forgotten about that. And just in time -- the embers of my Sean Hannity hatred needed a few pokes.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:04pm

Namo, my love for you grows with every single one of your posts! Shaudenfraude, the word, keeps circling my eardrum, why do you think that is? By the by, I have seen more profuse sweaters!
Updated On: 4/26/06 at 03:04 PM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 4/26/06 at 3:10pm

i dunno, namo, i think riedel would have gone with this about anybody. no way he sits on something like this.

now as far as janey, she knows she's gonna get canned and she wants to get her side of the story out knowing full well that she's going up against a heavyweight. who does she turn to? the times and their extensive broadway gossip network? the daily news? no, she goes to the only full time broadway gossip spot in town: riedel.

i know it's more than coincidence that he works for rupie, but had he worked somewhere else and had the same column and had access and raked the same muck somewhere else, she'd have gone to him there. he's the guy with the broadway dirt.

and bway, he's been right a whole lot more often than he's been wrong. i mean, hate him, but ya gotta admit he gets the dirt. the people i know in the industry don't say, "i can't believe he printed those lies!" they say, "how the f*ck did he know about that??"