Lea Michele to Star as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL Starting 9/6; Beanie Feldstein Departing 7/31 — Page 15

RippedMan said: "This the first "uncancelling" we've had right?"



Not even remotely. In fact, it's been widely discussed in recent years that the long-term career effects of "cancelling" have proven to be pretty limited. 99% of the people who have been "cancelled" still have a career and a fan base to this day.

ElephantLoveMedley said: "Does anyone know if Lea's plans to join the show on September 6 will jeopardize her upcoming mini-tour this summer? Sounds tricky to rehearse for a massive role while performing in cities that aren't New York three weeks before your debut, though I guess not impossible?

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Three weeks is the standard rehearsal time for a replacement.

And we all know she knows the score and the script.

Mayer will probably give her stage direction and blocking himself.

CarlosAlberto said: "JBroadway said: "RippedMan said: "Ware needs to get over it. She called Michele out on it. Michele addressed and her career did suffer because of it. Does Ware expect that Michele never, ever work again for the rest of her born life for transgressions that happened how many years ago and were already addressed. Seriously?!?!?

Talk about beating dead horses...."

Saying that a person of color should "get over" their very real experience is real gross, so would suggest you take a different tack on that...

However, this speaks to cancel culture as a whole. To what end is a "cancellation" if it doesn't result in the person acknowledging their privilege, misdeeds, etc and growing from them? It so often seems the goal is to ruin the person's life irreparably. Which doesn't actually benefit anyone and closes more minds than it opens. Now, we aren't talking about Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey here. There are very real predators out there that should never see the light of day again. But if our goal is to build a more aware, compassionate, understanding society, then people should be allowed to prove that they've changed. If they haven't, then it's on them. But the internet outrage machine has gotten out of control and things that we should ACTUALLY be outraged about get drowned out because x famous person at some point in their lives said something ignorant years ago.

OhHiii said: "CarlosAlberto said: "JBroadway said: "RippedMan said: "Ware needs to get over it. She called Michele out on it. Michele addressed and her career did suffer because of it. Does Ware expect that Michele never, ever work again for the rest of her born life for transgressions that happened how many years ago and were already addressed. Seriously?!?!?

Talk about beating dead horses...."

Saying that a person of color should "get over" their very real experience is real gross, so would suggest you take a different tack on that...

You are absolutely right as a person of color myself I should have taking a different tack on that. What I meant is that Ware needs to get over trying to cancel Michele, not her experience.

But I do think her belief that Michele should be punished for the rest of her life is not based in reality.

I agree with all of this that the internet outrage machine has gotten out of control as you cited below:

However, this speaks to cancel culture as a whole. To what end is a "cancellation" if it doesn't result in the person acknowledging their privilege, misdeeds, etc and growing from them? It so often seems the goal is to ruin the person's life irreparably. Which doesn't actually benefit anyone and closes more minds than it opens. Now, we aren't talking about Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey here. There are very real predators out there that should never see the light of day again. But if our goal is to build a more aware, compassionate, understanding society, then people should be allowed to prove that they've changed. If they haven't, then it's on them. But the internet outrage machine has gotten out of control and things that we should ACTUALLY be outraged about get drowned out because x famous person at some point in their lives said something ignorant years ago."

This Ware person is coming across as a self-entitled spoiled brat, and she is causing FAR more damage to her own "career" then she could ever hope to cause Michele's.

latitudex1 said: "CarlosAlberto said:

Ware needs to get over it. She called Michele out on it. Michele addressed it and her career did suffer because of it. Does Ware expect that Michele never, ever work again for the rest of her natural born life for transgressions that happened how many years ago and were already addressed. Seriously?!?!?

Talk about beating dead horses....

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Were they addressed, specifically? Did she ever privately apologize? To any one of the dozens of people she terrorized on that set?

Has she been doing any work on herself privately? Any charitable work publically?

From everyone's perspective, she only went on maternity leave at best. Now she's back and in a better position than what she was in prior to the baby, even.

The only thing she really lost was a couple Instagram ad opportunities."

She did acknowledge it publicly and apologized. I don't know if she's apologized directly to those she's had issues with and it's not for me to know or you to know or anyone of us to know either.

That is between the people she's had problems with, her therapist, her conscious and her God.

She doesn't us owe us anything.

ElephantLoveMedley said: "Does anyone know if Lea's plans to join the show on September 6 will jeopardize her upcoming mini-tour this summer? Sounds tricky to rehearse for a massive role while performing in cities that aren't New York three weeks before your debut, though I guess not impossible?

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I heard she start rehearsals this week

I know Lea is notorious for being a hostile co-worker, but are the allegations of racism entirely tired to that "wig" comment?

This is where I hate cancel culture. Nothing Lea has done is actually illegal. She didn't sexually assault someone, or sexually harass them. She didn;t say anything overtly racist. She just sounds like a difficult person, but there's plenty of those in the entertainment community. There's some Broadway legends who behind the scenes are awful to work with, and they still are working.

Sally Durant Plummer said: "I know Lea is notorious for being a hostile co-worker, but are the allegations of racism entirely tired to that "wig" comment?"

Can someone refresh me on the wig comment and shi**ing in wigs?

God believes in second chances and so should we.

Unless of course you're an atheist.

..or soulless, or both.

It is a new direction to go with a different kind of leading lady, i.e. someone who is better vocally suited to the score, no? That's fairly obvious. Beanie was stating just that but in terms more general and less self-effacing. I see nothing undiplomatic in her wording. I read no blame on the production. In fact, I read nothing other than gentleness and good will in her announcement.

I'm frankly surprised that she should be criticized for her words.