MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS- Page 2
MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
#25re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:30pm
If the inanimate objects were going to pair up...
Lumiere + Babette
Cogsworth + Madame de la Grande Bouche
Mrs. Potts + Chip
Just because they're paired doesn't mean they're an item, although it is the case for Lumiere and Babette. Cogsworth and Madame might have something sparking at the end of the show, but from what I get out of it, are just close friends. Mrs. Potts and Chip are just mother and son.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#27re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:42pmThe Egg-Timer, of course!
#28re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:51pmUmmm I say the most erroneous charector are shpritze and Bilke in Fiddler. They don't add anything to the story. Also another charector in the show (if u call them that) are the 2 boys. I played one but i foud it stupid, other than in the ensemble they never speak and Yente brings them to pair with shpritze and bilke. Just get rid of them, there is no point.
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#29re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:57pmI played one of those two boys in fith grade. And let me tell you, DRAMA backstage because no boys had lines but me and another got to do a special part. Yeah, it was a perfect diva moment that I let slip by me.
#30re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 1:59pm
Phra Alack in THE KING AND I
The Captain in CAROUSEL
#31re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 2:00pmEugene in Grease.
#32re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 2:02pmI wouldn't say that Lucy in J&H is superfluous at all. i love her character. she personifies the good vs. evil theme that runs throughout the entire show just like jekyll/hyde does. i find it very interesting that she, the poor prostitute, would fall for jekyll (the good) when hyde (evil!) is the one that goes after her. the character of lucy further proves the point that "it's all a facade" and that we can't judge a book by its cover. she's also there to irritate the inner battle that jekyll/hyde is going through.
#33re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 2:04pm
Agreed Buttons.
Absolutely terrible character.
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#34re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 5:27pm
Jon: I thought Velma was one of the other Jets' girlfriends, and Graziella was Riff's girlfriend. Did I have them mixed up?
Either way, they're both fairly pointless...
#35re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 5:42pm
Marcellus in THE MUSIC MAN
The Barber in MAN OF LA MANCHA
Eugene Florczik in GREASE
Rusty Charlie in GUYS AND DOLLS
Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in INTO THE WOODS
#36re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 5:55pm
hahaha
definitely Velma in WSS
i had forgotten how pointless those two girls are
"I and Velma aint dumb!"
lol
how about meg in phantom
the only cool thing she does is take the mask at the end
which i think madame giry should have done instead anyway
CTY
Understudy Joined: 1/6/05
#37re: MOST SUPERFLUOUS CHARACTERS
Posted: 4/15/05 at 9:00pm
excuse me-i played rusty charlie once and i am mortally offended
actually-i kid, because it is one of the most pointless roles. i sang fugue for tinhorns and then assimmilated into one of the crapshooters for the rest of the show.
#38Eugene from Grease
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:23am
Well if you go with my horrible director from a production of Grease I did's idea, all the characters except Eugene and Patty represent evil, and how with being evil you will never succeed, but Patty and Eugene were good so they ended up winning in life...
I did say horrible director right.
Well actually he didn't even direct...he sat and let someone else do it and took credit.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#39Eugene from Grease
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:27amAh, you'll strike a lot of those directors as you wend your way through life!
#40Eugene from Grease
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:33ammydreamsrecurring...i totally agree w/ the meg comment. it should have been mme. giry.
#41Eugene from Grease
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:44am
"So who ends up with the cheese grater?"
LOL
A few summers ago my friend was in NYC and happened to be outside the Luft-Fontanne at curtain time just looking at the pictures and quotes. Some guy (who had obviously been stood up by his date) gave a pair of centre orchestra tkts to my friend and walked off in disgust. So my friend (who had never seen the show) goes in just as it is starting and watched the whole show. Afterwards he goes by the stage door to get Andre Mcardles's autograph. He also strikes up a conversation with the actor who plays the cheese grater, and they ended up going on a date!!!!
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#42Eugene from Grease
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:47amthat's genius! when my friends and i saw it, we made fun of the cake-cutter b/c he looked so clumsy up there.
#43most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 5:29am
In reguards to King Herod's song:
It really isnt needed. Herod is not always included in the story of jesus and doesnt need to be. I see it as superfluous because you could take it out and the story would not suffer, whereas you take erronius out of ...forum and not everything is tied up at the end.
#44most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 10:15am
Lucy is actually in the book of Jekyll and Hyde, so its not as though she were added JUST to belt out a couple numbers. Some of her songs, I agree, are superfuluous, but not the character as a whole.
I'm doing Birdie right now, and I have to say that there was really no reason to name any of the teenage boys. We have a Freddie and a Karl, and there's really no point to them.
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#45most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 11:59am
Yes, in WSS, Velma was Graziella's friend, Graziella was with Riff,making Velma a tad more pointless. The line was "oobli-oo" and that's basically all she ever said, Graziella said a tad more.
Also in WSS, don't exactly remember the Shark's name but my friend played a Shark who's only line in the whole show was during the meeting at Doc's, he said Wop.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#46most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 1:42pmi agree with the grease thing.....we had eugene play the roll very....gay...and had him dance with all the male characters during the hand jive scene.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#47most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 1:49pmThe waiter in Pinter's Betrayal
#48most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 2:15pm
Don't forget that there's a difference between a small part and a superfluous one: Snow White and Sleeping Beauty serve a purpose in INTO THE WOODS because their presence leads the two Princes astray from their wives.
My vote goes to Elaine in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
She walks on, says a few lines, stands around, pushes Marie offstage.
I agree -- Elaine is a wholly superfluous character who is actually a detriment to the show. If her character were cut from the musical, there'd be a stronger focus on the relationship between George and Marie. Elaine disrupts the parallel between the two acts (unless she's Louis' counterpart, but that's strange and doesn't work).
#49most superfluous character
Posted: 4/16/05 at 3:05pm
Brooklyn in Brooklyn - Whether or not she's there, I don't think the plot would change.
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