Norm Lewis as... "Triton" in Little Mermaid?- Page 7
Norm Lewis as... "Triton" in Little Mermaid?
Racial 'consistency'#150
Posted: 2/8/07 at 1:45pmDamn, Hell has better waiters than purgatory.
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Racial 'consistency'#151
Posted: 2/8/07 at 1:50pmon a related topic JERRY Lewis is taking over a Mister in Color Purple. Now what have you got to say about THAT?
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#152
Posted: 2/8/07 at 3:41pm...can't wait.
- Eeyore
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Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#153
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:03pmOK you guys don't know who will be in it until Disney officially releases that information, so don't go around saying "this person will be Ariel", or "this person will be Ursula", etc etc. YOU DON'T KNOW. that's why this thread has the word "rumors" in it. just be patient and wait until they announce it, don't tell people what you believe or have "heard" because none of it is true until Disney releases that info.
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Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#154
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:05pmTIRADE!
- Eeyore
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#155
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:11pmAnd the thread had almost died.
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#156
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:12pm
I will be extremely disappointed if Ursula is not cast as a purple woman.
I don't believe that we should be taking jobs away from the purple people and giving them to the whites and blacks.
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Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#157
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:14pm
BSoBW2,
I agree. And by giving Sebastian to someone OTHER than a 7 foot dancing crab... I mean, good GOD, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?!?! Crabs are people too!
- Eeyore
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#158
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:18pmI heard several lobsters auditioned. They were hoping the casting directors wouldn't know the difference.
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#159
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:19pm
and just when it couldn't get more absurd...
It's fine as long as we get a real bird who sounds like Buddy Hackett to play Scuttle. As we all know, the only current working bird is Big Bird, and that's very unfair.
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#160
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:26pm
Husky - I think you missed something.
The only SEAGULL to ever claim an Equity card is named Dmitri. After he received his equity card he began circulating the globe in productions of Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.
It is extremely doubtful, sources say, he will be able to take on the role of Scuttle, as Dmitri can neither sing nor act. He can only play dead.
I think that's the sign that this production of THE LITTLE MERMAID should not happen.
Updated On: 2/8/07 at 04:26 PM
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#161
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:30pmI had NO idea. So there have been two working birds in Show Biz. Good for the birds!
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#162
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:32pmIt was much easier for the birds back when Aristophanes was writing.
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#163
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:35pmYea, and since that musical version of "The Birds" never panned out, this is about all that's left.
Norm! Eddie! Sherie! Sierra! Titus!#164
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:45pmI just have to say that Dmitri made reading this entire thread worthwhile for me.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#165
Posted: 2/8/07 at 4:46pm
I hope he is cast. I am proud and happy to say that I hardly if ever notice racial inconsistencies in casting.. unless the core conflicts of the show have to with race issues.
This came up once when I saw the national tour of SHOWBOAT. Kevin Grey was cast as Gaylord Ravinal and I believe he is part asian. In a show whose main conflicts revolve around racial bigotry.. it was hard not to be "pulled out" of the story when he was on stage.
On the filp side, when I saw CAROUSEL at Lincoln Center. The Snow family was all sorts of races and I wasn't consciously aware of it till after I saw the show and looked at the program.
My ability to "character" on stage regardless of race is one of things I like about myself.
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Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#166
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:07pmMister Matt-You're just plain stupid!!!!!!!!! You obviously don't know me at all....Or anything about biracial families...which exist all over the country...there are families who have a black parent and a white parent and blonde-haired/blue eyed kids....look at the Singerl twins...perfect example...That's all I'm gonna say about this...I can't educate the totally STUPID!!!!!!!
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#167
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:09pm
I heard that a group of one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eaters were petitioning to be considered for Ursula, over the purple people and or octipuses. Seems they're tired of playing sax in the pit.
If anyone gets that, I love you.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#168
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:10pm
I can't educate the totally STUPID!!!!!!!
I'm getting the sneaking suspicion that your not the only one who this thread has made feel that way.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#169
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:11pm
That's all I'm gonna say about this...I can't educate the totally STUPID!!!!!!!
That's often how I feel when I read this board...thanks for putting it into eloquent prose.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#170
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:12pmSarcasm is a dying art. Just like theatre.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid?#171
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:13pm
"I can't educate the totally STUPID!!!!!!!
I'm getting the sneaking suspicion that your not the only one who this thread has made feel that way."
"That's all I'm gonna say about this...I can't educate the totally STUPID!!!!!!!
That's often how I feel when I read this board...thanks for putting it into eloquent prose."
Ah, Lizzie, great minds think alike.
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Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid...#172
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:31pm
To get back on-topic...
Norm is not entirely right for Triton. For me, I don't care what race someone is. But going from a French policeman to ruler of Atlantica dosen't seem like an easy transition.
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Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid...#173
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:31pm
To get back on-topic...
Norm is not entirely right for Triton. For me, I don't care what race someone is. But going from a French policeman to ruler of Atlantica dosen't seem like an easy transition.
Of course, Sherie may go from ditzy blonde con to fat purple bitch.
Norm Lewis as... 'Triton' in Little Mermaid...#174
Posted: 2/8/07 at 5:34pm
Norm Lewis is a (fantastic) actor.
And there isn't a whole lot of difference between policing the French underworld and the oceanic underworld.
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