Patti LuPone Defines Diva on Morning Joe

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 11:46am

Patti had a brief interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning. I honestly thought it got a little tense right off the bat, when they were talking about the use of the word diva. Otherwise, it was a fairly standard interview (although the discussion of what diva meant and to whom it should be applied ate up about 2 minutes of the allotted time)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/#39267820


oh, and Patti will be on Leonard Lopate's show today.

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/sep/20/

Updated On: 9/20/10 at 11:46 AM

[Flight0017]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:48pm

I love her singing voice, but boy, does she scare me.

[Q]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 3:54pm

'Diva' isn't the word that comes to mind.

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:07pm

I don't think it got tense at all. A fun, short, interview.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:31pm

If anything the other woman was scarier.

[gotham girl]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:32pm

i thought Patti was pretty delightful...for a change.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 9/20/10 at 4:44pm

Thanks for those, givesmevoice. I liked that bit of tension at the start. It gave LuPone a chance to confront the use of the word "diva" as a pejorative - that one person's "diva" is another person's strong woman - and she put the guys right in their place. She took control of the interview then and there. I truly do believe she gets a bad rap for being a professional and vocal about what she wants.