MCC's 'SH!T. MEET. FAN.' Cast Announced- Page 3

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/13/24 at 10:40pm

Answering DramaTeach's questions in spoilers:

 

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1) The implication is the daughter's friend was the one sleeping with Frank, since she mentioned she borrowed the necklace and had also told her parents she thought her friend was pregnant and that's why she was acting weird.  I assume it's the same person that had called Frank during the game and maybe just used a different name?  I think all the Nick stuff is real but I find it strange that she wouldn't have slept with Nick if her dad didn't pick up the phone (maybe it's because the friend then took another pregnancy test or something so she got suspicious?)

2) Yes they definitely were, since the earrings she was wearing that she claimed to have bought for herself were the ones that she had gotten from Frank.  Nothing changed about their relationship except that she realized Frank was also seeing someone else on the side since the earrings/necklace were a matching set.

3) I just assumed that it wasn't related to the revelations but just to show how much they went back to their separate lives on their phones and how disconnected they were as a family from each other.

4) I don't think they're necessarily saying mixed race friendships can't work, but that Logan as the only POC in a white friend group always felt that he was trying to fit in more because he already knew he was different (it goes back to the same thing about his job, about how they already didn't trust him because he was black, but being black AND gay was a step too far).  And that the rest of his friends didn't even realize the white privilege they had and how different their lived experience was from his because of how shallow and self absorbed they were.

 

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 10/13/24 at 11:32pm

Dolly80 said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "this is a rare treat: big names that are also genuinely talented and belong on stage. Messing and Krakowski are two of the greatest comedic TV actresses ever, so I'm thrilled to hear this will be a comedy that will show off their strengths. Really excited."

Well… Krakowski is."

Shes an Emmy award winning TV actress, who was nominated multiple times for every award imaginable when she was leading a then-must see critically acclaimed popular show. I adore Krakowski and i worship at the altar of 30 Rock, but if theres any TV sitcom queen here, its Messing.

That said this cast is stacked and i cant wait to see it when it transfers.

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 10/14/24 at 1:22pm

chrishuyen said: "Answering DramaTeach's questions in spoilers:

 

Click Here To Toggle Spoiler Content

1) The implication is the daughter's friend was the one sleeping with Frank, since she mentioned she borrowed the necklace and had also told her parents she thought her friend was pregnant and that's why she was acting weird. I assume it's the same person that had called Frank during the game and maybe just used a different name? I think all the Nick stuff is real but I find it strange that she wouldn't have slept with Nick if her dad didn't pick up the phone (maybe it's because the friend then took another pregnancy test or something so she got suspicious?)

2) Yes they definitely were, since the earrings she was wearing that she claimed to have bought for herself were the ones that she had gotten from Frank. Nothing changed about their relationship except that she realized Frank was also seeing someone else on the side since the earrings/necklace were a matching set.

3) I just assumed that it wasn't related to the revelations but just to show how much they went back to their separate lives on their phones and how disconnected they were as a family from each other.

4) I don't think they're necessarily saying mixed race friendships can't work, but that Logan as the only POC in a white friend group always felt that he was trying to fit in more because he already knew he was different (it goes back to the same thing about his job, about how they already didn't trust him because he was black, but being black AND gay was a step too far). And that the rest of his friends didn't even realize the white privilege they had and how different their lived experience was from his because of how shallow and self absorbed they were.

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I appreciate the feedback, and I like your interpretations. Also, I need you to teach me how to hide spoilers.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 10/14/24 at 1:28pm

For spoilers, in the formatting bar that includes the buttons for bold/italics etc (sometimes it takes a second to show up), the third from last button is a square with a plus in it--that's the button to add a spoiler section

[dave1606]

Posted: 10/14/24 at 2:18pm

I REALLY wanted to like this. In the end I thought it was just ok. There's too much talent on the stage for it to feel as slight as it does. Unfortunately I don't think the play is very good. It is too overstuffed with subplots that go nowhere that it either should be slimmed down and have a few characters taken out entirely or expanded on.  As it stands it felt like a long 1:50. The staging also does it no favors as there is too much downtime as they cast has to navitagte this huge Next to Normal set from one end to the other, the energy is often sucked out during these scene changes. 

The good: JANE is GREAT (let's get her more stage work ASAP please), Debra Messing is good as is Constance Wu. Tramell Tillan and Billy Magnuesen are also very good as well while Neil Patrick Harris doesn't really have much to do. Overall there needs to be better timing and chemistry but I think that will come after some more performances. 

I certainly agree it has its fun parts, but I wanted all of them to gel together better. I also agree what was said about the last five minutes. I think it was totally unnecessary and annoyed me.