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MATILDA WAS ROBBED
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Lousy
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#76MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:12am
"Gee...that might be a Superstar worth seeing!
There is a Minchin concert that's been running on cable and he is mesmerizing!"
Not to derail the thread, but I was at the evening performance of JCS with Tim that happened just before the Tonys and I have to say it was absolutely amazing. Apart from a possibly drunk Caiaphas haha
No one gives a damn about the list of shows you've seen.
Updated On: 6/10/13 at 01:12 AM
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#77MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:12amJust saying, I saw Matilda in DEC in London, Then I saw Kinky here first week of previews, I have said from the start KINKY was going to win!!!!!
mjroberts972
Understudy Joined: 6/13/11
#78MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:14amLiterally didn't understand a single work from Matilda's performance. They even spelled out the words on the screen and I couldn't even follow what was happening. And it was just all too much and very sloppy. Oh well. Go Kinky!
#79MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:23am
While I feel Kinky could've/should've done a better number- Matilda's number took away any inkling I had to see the show. I was left wondering why Matilda seemed to be reading the teleprompter, why Trunchbull's make-up was half assed, why children's ensemble, who actually stuck out to me, never gets more publicity...and most of all: I was left wondering why they have not had diction coaching (or why such poor diction has been tolerated).
Underwhelmed does not even begin to describe how I felt from Matilda's performance. I also find the cast recording dull, and I have not been able to get through it.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
Outoftowner2
Stand-by Joined: 1/8/12
#82MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:36amI am not sure what the make is supposed to look like, but it looked like a man in a dress. That's all. In videos I have seen of other performances, that was not the case...which is why I said half assed.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#83MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:45am
Kinky felt so generic. Like I was looking at the world through the eyes of some deluded teenage fag-hag in an afterschool special. Felt too forced. But congrats to the creators, the fans and whatnot on the big Tony wins. I'd have been gloating too, had it been Matilda.
Matilda...the new Tonya Pinkins.
Also, a note for the Matilda producers for further broadcast performances...I think Revolting Children is a thrillingly satisfying number in the show because they JUST defeated the Trunchbull, but everytime I see that number on TV out of context, I feel like it might be giving the impression to those not in the know, that it's just Spring Awakening Jr.
#84MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:46am
He's supposed to look like a man in a dress. Trunchbull is incredibly butch. But why we're even discussing this when it was the Tony Awards where character makeup usually gets tossed to the wind because the actors are all done up anyway.
Need we go to the tape of Laura Benanti playing frumpy Louise with a face full of glamour make up?
Updated On: 6/10/13 at 01:46 AM
#85MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:49amTheatreFan4, is that you in your DP? lol
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#87MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:59am
TheatreFan4, I'm going to just assume you didn't think too much into that last post; I should not be able to notice a lack of make up from a television screen. No excuses.
I am not commenting on Matilda as a show. As a theatre viewer, and potential audience member, I was left with no desire to see it.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
andsym9012
Swing Joined: 5/6/13
VIETgrlTerifa
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/04
#89MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:06am
That's how I felt about Kinky Boots. It just seemed so generic.
Matilda at least seemed creatively different from the usual "acceptance" and "we're all the same people" type of message that's so popular now. Harvey Fierstein had been writing that message since the dawn of time.
Matilda isn't perfect and I do wish they worked with the kids more on their diction, but it was a million times more interesting. Plus, at least the story was going for different layers (education, escaping into literature, not taking crap, finding little ways to fight back, revolting against the status quo, being part of a politically-powerless class, etc.). Yes, those are themes we've dealt with before, but at least it's something substantive and more than a superficial tolerance lesson one would get from Glee.
Thinking about it now, it was obvious that Kinky Boots was going to win. Even though it's adapted from a British film, the production was all-American. It had a uplifting message, drag performances, a big lesson learned, Cyndi Lauper, a production team of Broadway insiders, and a cast of all-adults (Broadway people as opposed to imports) which makes it more relatable. Matilda had a lot of strikes against it in terms of being relatable, and for some reason, people assume shows involving children are somehow not as deep or "mature" or "adult" as shows that don't have children front and center.
Anyway, I find it funny how personal things get here and how people respond to others with "you mean in your opinion!" I mean...yeah, everyone is basically just shilling their own opinion on this message board.
"I've got to get me out of here
This place is full of dirty old men
And the navigators and their mappy maps
And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes
While you stare at your books."
Updated On: 6/10/13 at 02:06 AM
#90MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:08am
There's plenty of excuses. You saw him for 10 seconds with an angled view of his head and that was it. Why load him up with massive amounts stage makeup that he'll be taking off after 10 seconds? He's not playing Elphaba here.
But you're right when I see this 
I totally don't see a man in a dress.
VIETgrlTerifa
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/04
#91MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:12amIsn't the point of Trunchbull that she's supposed to look like a man and totally unappealing? Anyway, the convincing part of Bertie Carvel's performance was that his mannerisms and voice were very feminine despite his bull and ogreish look. I think Brantley had it right when he wrote Carvel's performance set a new high standard for drag performances on stage.
"I've got to get me out of here
This place is full of dirty old men
And the navigators and their mappy maps
And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes
While you stare at your books."
#92MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:14amI don't know why you're getting personally offended by my post. The point of that performance was to make me want to see the show- it didn't.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#93MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:21am
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Am I doing it right?
It's like the early 80s all over again, where La Cage wins over Sunday in the Park. Harvey Fierstein again, even.
#94MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:27am
It makes me laugh how everyone is acting like "Everybody Say Yeah" is the only number in the show.
Go Kinky, so happy with the awards tonight, though I would've picked Kristine Nielsen over Cicely, but that's another thread!
"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell
#95MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:31am
"It makes me laugh how everyone is acting like "Everybody Say Yeah" is the only number in the show. "
It's not the only number. It's just the best one. Sad.
Well, at least Cindy Lauper got her Lifetime Achievement Award. Next time she'll have to do more than she-bop to win.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#96MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:34am
KINKY BOOTS may not be a flaw-free masterpiece, but neither is MATILDA. It's a freaking award...everyone is going to have their favorites and someone is bound to be let down when their favorite loses. There have been tons of musicals that didn't win the Tony that went on to become huge phenomenons in their own rights. Let it go.
Frankly, both shows (and their supporters) should be incredibly proud of their contribution to this theatergoing season. It proved to be a nail-biter up until the very last second, which is a testament to the strong love for both shows. When was the last time that happened?! I honestly can't remember! Isn't that a positive thing?!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#97MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 6:01am
It only shows that people will argue about everything.
Remember: Newsies v Once fans? Or Billy Elliot v Next to Normal fans? This isn't that unusual. A Book of Mormon Year is much more unusual. (IMHO)
This is the first time in YEARS that I haven't LOVED a new musical. I think that says more than being able to spread the mediocrity - oops, I mean awards.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#98MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 6:12am
"I think Matilda was just too smart and clever for American audiences."
What a stupid and obnoxious thing to say. All the more since you yourself belong to that group.
"People are idiots."
You, first and foremost.
#99MATILDA WAS ROBBED
Posted: 6/10/13 at 7:43amIt's the morning after. Have the children stopped whining yet?
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