treblemakerz said: "I finally went to see the sight tonight out of morbid curiosity and...hooooo boy. Anyone who knows me knows that even for the most mediocre performances, I always have something nice to say. That is not the case here.
I don't think I've ever seen such tone-deaf singing on a Broadway stage in my life. He sounded like a preteen boy who was forced into the school musical because no one else would do it. Every time he spoke a line, it felt like he was playing Aaron five drinks in on a Friday night: he slurred his speech so much that were I not incredibly familiar with the show already, I would have had no idea what he was saying. I guess his dancing was not the absolute worst thing I've ever seen in my life.
Like others here have mentioned, much of the role was shaved down so Cameron was able to do it; but he still managed to absolutely butcher what he had left to do. He forgot half of his lines in act two, to the point where Erika Henningsen had to feed them to him. I have to admit, if nothing else, it was thoroughly entertaining. The bit before More Is Better in particular had me trying to contain my laughter in my seat.
How the scene is meant to go:
Aaron: I read that the Maasai don't celebrate birthdays. They just get older when they feel ready.
Cady: That's true. Why did you read that?
How it went tonight:
Aaron: I read that the Maasai................
Cady: ........
Aaron: ..........
Cady: .........
Aaron: They.........
Cady: ....they don't celebrate birthdays, they just get older when they feel ready?
Aaron: Yeah, right. Haha.
Cady: ......why did you read that?
Thank you, Mean Girls, for giving me some baffled amusement. And I'm so, so sorry to anyone who paid to see any level of actual competence in the role. I hope they enjoyed the rest of the wonderful cast, who are doing their best to make up for it. I'm glad I got to catch Cailen Fu's absolutely fantasticperformance of Gretchen among all of this."
My lord that sounds like the strangest nightmare. I feel really bad for the cast, crew, and of course people that spent money to see a show expecting the highest caliber of talent. I wonder if Cameron is aware that Broadway is not the right path for him because Aaron doesn't even do that much to begin with and he's already been there for what, two weeks now? And he still doesn't know his lines? And they had to water down the role for him so much already? I don't know, the whole situation really bothers me. I really wish he wasn't so bad because my heart really goes out to people that spent their money on seeing the show and ended up seeing somebody so...bad.
