Patti LuPone overrated? — Page 2

StickToPriest, there are some people who dislike her and say she has no talent.

To dislike her is one thing, but to write off a stellar 30 year career in the theatre when most people can't get 1 year out of theatre, is to give your opinion more power than it is actually worth.

And FlyingMonkey says SHE has an ego. Good God.

who cares?

Patti will be more successful than 99% of the posters (including myself) on this board.


Kudos to her! GO PATTI!!!

Personally, I don't think she is. MANY MANY people agree with me and have for 30 years.

Some don't.

THAT'S showbiz and live theatre and Broadway and opinion.

One word: SUBJECTIVE.

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Most people don't even know who Patti LuPone is outside of the theatre world and/or the gay bear club.

This tired old topic again?!! It's like some sick obsession with you people. Patti LuPone this, Patti LuPone that. MOVE THE FVCK ON.

PalJoey...one of my least favorite homos. Stop rallying for Patti, please. Behind your lies is a sad lonely person and I know that much is true.

Oh please, he embraces her and calls me (and others) liars when we mention facts about her behavior. He is almost as nutty as Patti, Mandy, and Betty...or maybe nuttier!

My story was true, like it or not. You can assume that they were proven to be false because you think you are a big-shot with all the info on your favorite post-op, but we all know how Patti is and how she acts.

If I'm ever in the area "lets do lunch..."

Oh--and sorry about that lunch. I'm busy that day.

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Marquise, your reading Patti fans threads would really cause you to change your opinion of her?

Really?

I think PJ's right; it wasn't a real question the OP posed. All it could really mean is "I don't like LuPone as much as a bunch of people seem to, and that annoys me."

I'll throw this out there...

Based on these productions I've personally seen Patti perform listed in chronological order:

Master Class (twice on Broadway)
Matters of the Heart (Donmar)
Passion (Ravinia)
Anyone Can Whistle (Ravinia)
Gypsy (Ravinia)

I do not consider her underrated. From the first time I saw her in Master Class, I got it. I never witnessed her losing it or even breaking character on stage, so I won't speak about that. I only saw brilliant performances rich in presence, talent and charisma.

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"It's just that must she be discussed every single day, every single hour on this board?"

I guess it wouldn't be helpful to say that you don't have to click on threads that appear to be about her, would it?

What I'm about to say is probably utter BS, but I'll give it a shot. It seems to me that we've lived through a decade or more that embraced two of my least favorite things: apathy and "irony." (And yes, those are ironic quotes.) And it seems that genuine passion and enthusiasm (for LuPone, for Obama, just to take two unrelated examples) offends some people or makes them uncomfortable.

I agree it can get overwhelming, and I personally can be put off by people who carry on about one thing ad nauseum when it's clear that's the only thing they know (for example, someone who's only seen "Spamalot" avowing that "Spamalot" is the bestest musical ever).

But in a world where people are famous for doing nothing at all, I don't see the point in slamming a woman who has devoted 40-some years to her craft.

If she doesn't do it for you, leave her alone. But why begrudge others the pleasure her work gives them?

Updated On: 1/31/09 at 06:41 PM

The point, Reginald Tresilian, is double standards.

It's all fine and dandy when Patti gets mentioned ad nauseum or when it's Lupwn this Lupwn that half the time, but each time Wicked gets mentioned, it's like O Heavens forfend!

Not everyone loves Lupone, nor should they have to.

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