Page Six: Scott Rudin admonishes "Honeymoon"

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 6:49pm

Apparently 'Book of Morman' didn't like the comparison of shows…

http://pagesix.com/2015/03/18/producer-scott-rudin-is-the-bully-of-broadway/?_ga=1.49360038.1647313700.1410988634

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:03pm

You cannot compare them . Honeymoon was fun whereas Mormon was horrible IMHO

Do you hear that Scott?

[jv92]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:05pm

Rudin is an awful, awful man.

Smart producer. Awful man. As opposed to Harvey Weinstein, who is both dumb and awful.

[Tag]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:14pm

"Confidential sources" = Honeymoon's PR department.

This article is a paid PR move from a waning show.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:18pm

Was the comparison a pull quote or desperate crap they pulled out of their behinds? If it was the latter, I'm not sure I disagree.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:25pm

"Rudin is an awful, awful man. "

yes, and he's nuts. Too bad a guy like him is so scary powerful.

[ggersten]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:40pm

What was the comparison that so offended Rudin?

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:49pm

"This article is a paid PR move from a waning show."

Other than having to pay to have all of their PR materials re-printed sans the offending quote, what exactly have they "paid" for and what would the impetus for that spending be?

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 7:56pm

Y'all really don't know how the public relations industry works if you think this is a paid pitch.

[Tag]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:07pm

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:15pm

^ So who got paid for what?

[Back Row]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:35pm

"Was the comparison a pull quote or desperate crap they pulled out of their behinds?"

It was a pull quote from Time Out New York.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:36pm

MORMON was one of the most overrated shows that I have ever seen. Not MEMPHIS terrible, just extremely overrated.

[JaglinSays]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:39pm

Hmmmmm.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:48pm

Disagree re Memphis

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 9:52pm

"MORMON was one of the most overrated shows that I have ever seen. Not MEMPHIS terrible, just extremely overrated."

'Cuz God forbid anyone besides you have an opinion.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:19pm

Pretty sure Tag's comment meant that, as reciprocation against Rudin for his threatening them, the HONEYMOON team put out the story about Rudin to frame themselves as victims against their so-called 'Bully,'

Frankly, if I were Rudin I'd be pissed, too. Putting MORMON (a property he still intends to adapt into a film one day by all accounts) in a direct comparison with a stinker like HONEYMOON could be considered damaging to the brand of his show.

I think it's petty of Rudin, but his motivation seems clear and understandable. I just wouldn't have done what he did, but Rudin is the kind of producer for whom no detail is too small to consider and no action too minor to finesse with appropriate measures.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:26pm

'Cuz God forbid anyone besides you have an opinion.

I think it was pretty clear that I was just expressing my opinion. I was not stating a fact or trying to change anyone's opinion.

Updated On: 3/18/15 at 10:26 PM

[HogansHero]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:28pm

1. Rudin is as awful as everyone suggests and as he looks.
2. Rudin is probably the best curator of properties in show business.
3. Riedel is on vacation; this is his beat.
4. Were Riedel NOT on vacation, the headline and the story would NEVER have run; Riedel is Rudin's lackey.

[brdwydreamer]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:29pm

jnb9872 Just curious, have you seen Honeymoon?

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:41pm

"I think it was pretty clear that I was just expressing my opinion. I was not stating a fact or trying to change anyone's opinion."

Fair enough.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:49pm

Yes, I have seen both HONEYMOON and MORMON.

[Boq101]

Posted: 3/18/15 at 11:54pm

I find it weird he's admonishing them now. Furthermore it is a pull quote, why isn't he mad at the critic for making the connection in the first place?

[GreasedLightning]

Posted: 3/19/15 at 12:08am

Does anyone know what theses ads actually said??? I'm curious as I've seen none of them.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 3/19/15 at 12:10am

Honeymoon in Vegas ~ Ranks up there with Book of Mormon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH40LHRnfzM