Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE- Page 5
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#101
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:13pmSo, how many of the outraged people were planning on seeing this concert anyway?
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#102
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:17pm
Kad, they have a right to be outraged, since they may listen to bootleg audio of it at some point...
I have a $166 ticket to this show and am fine with the casting.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#103
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:18pm
I'm not outraged, but I was interested. Maybe I still am. Maybe you'll never know.
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Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#104
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:18pmUh, Henrik--cute post. But "mittin derinin" isn't a noun--it means "in the middle of everything" or "all of a sudden out of nowhere."
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#105
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:19pmGrowl, you're just angry that Jordan was picked over you again.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#106
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:24pmthanks, Mamaleh, I was sure I'd heard it used as a noun, but I could very well be mistaken, or, in any event, if I did, I trust you're right and those who were using it that way were mistaken.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#107
Posted: 12/18/14 at 2:38pm
Kad, I can assure you it will be the last time.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#108
Posted: 12/18/14 at 3:11pm
I honestly haven't seen any outrage really.
A lot of circular discussion with the same points being brought up, but no real "outrage".
And of course I'll see the concert. I love JJ and I love Parade. I still think he's miscast but hopefully he'll prove me wrong.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#109
Posted: 12/18/14 at 3:15pm
That's how I feel, taz. I still love the show so much.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#110
Posted: 12/18/14 at 4:16pmBitches best meet me for a glass of champagne if y'all gonna be there! I'll be the guy in row U sobbing once those drums start.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#111
Posted: 12/18/14 at 4:19pmWill Carlos be there as your "date"?
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#112
Posted: 12/18/14 at 4:21pm
Alas...I am taking my best friend for his birthday (his birthday was in September...I loved delayed gratification).
If Carlos is 'handy,' mayhaps he'll get to come to BOMBSHELL with me.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#113
Posted: 12/18/14 at 4:24pm
I guess that is better than treating Carlos to one of the first three previews of Something Rotten. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#114
Posted: 12/18/14 at 4:52pm
"I don't know what "doesn't practice Judaism" means in this context."
It means JJ was not raised religious and is not religious to this day. Judaism is a religion, not anything else.
"Congratulations to Jeremy Jordan for being the first Jewish actor to play Leo Frank in Parade."
Why would you possibly care about the religion an actor practices? Does it matter? Again, he doesn't identify as Jewish, so your congratulations for something that isn't real means nothing.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#115
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:00pm
Forget it, Sutton. It's Judaismtown.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#116
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:03pm
What is Judaismtown?
Judaismtown is here!
It's the "town" wherever
People learn to live in fear
So look around, you've finally found
The place you asked about
For Judaismtown is your town
If you're hopeless down and out!
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#117
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:05pm
How do you know he doesn't identify as Jewish again? For one thing, he was raised by his single Jewish mother. If he isn't religious, he would have that in common with most American Jews.
I have no idea why the actor's background is relevant. You'll have to ask the people who keep bringing it up. I never start these discussions, I just finish them.
Updated On: 12/18/14 at 05:05 PM
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#119
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:16pm
"I have no idea why the actor's background is relevant. You'll have to ask the people who keep bringing it up. I never start these discussions, I just finish them."
Um, I'm pretty sure the only person who brought up his background before you did was in a defense of him playing the role. No one who raised their eyebrows at his casting discussed his background before that. And in your first post, you used several aspects of his background as a defense of his casting, so clearly you do think it's relevant.
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Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#120
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:21pmBigger Question: How do people feel about the fact that Jimmy and Kyle from Smash will be reunited again on this stage?!
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#121
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:25pm
Exactly, Growl.
"How do you know he doesn't identify as Jewish again?"
"I am spiritual but I am not religious, and was not raised religious" - Jeremy Jordan
It's really gross you brought this up, and yes, you brought this up and when you congratulated him it was because of his religion. Yuck.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#122
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:49pm
Actually, cknick was the one who brought up the Jewish thing, saying Jeremy Jordan doesn't look like "a skinny Jew from Brooklyn" (Leo Frank was born in Texas, like I said, although he did move to New York; p.s., do skinny Jews in Brooklyn look different from skinny Jews from Texas?).
It is pretty ironic to bring up the Jewish thing as a strike 'against' the first actual Jewish actor to play the role! (not to mention the first actor who was born in the same state as Leo Frank).
I repeat, how do you know he doesn't identify as Jewish? Being non-religious has absolutely nothing to do with it, and many American Jews use that exact line, "spiritual, not religious", etc. It doesn't make them any less Jewish.
I did not congratulate Jeremy Jordan on his "religion", I applauded the accuracy of his background, which is, like Leo Frank's, Southern Jewish.
Updated On: 12/18/14 at 05:49 PM
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#123
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:57pm
cknick didn't say anything about Jeremy Jordan's background.
You did.
But could you hurry up and finish this discussion like you said you would?
It started tiresome and is getting even more tiresome.
Jeremy Jordan playing Leo in PARADE#124
Posted: 12/18/14 at 5:59pmcknick brought up the Jewish thing.
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