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Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#26Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 6:59pm
When Faye Dunaway was fired from the LA production of "Sunset Blvd" in 1994, legally she wasn't able to comment on the situation. In her autobiography, she put in the press release annoucement regarding the settlement with her and ALW. And, she added that she's legally bound to not speak of it.
Patti could be under the same legal deal. Time will tell.
quitetheatrical23
Understudy Joined: 1/30/10
#27Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 6:59pmI think Patti needs to work on her social media strategy a little bit more. I don't think she's really that comfortable with the idea of "user generated content" but her publishers told her that this would be a great way to generate buzz...so she did it after picking a title in advance. But I think everyone who submitted to this contest was planning on buying the book anyway
#28Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 7:06pm
neal---I'll be that's part of the settlement, that she can't talk about it.
Her book title is lame. How about "Patti LuPone: The Book."
Actually, it should be called "Patti LuPone: Everything But Sunset."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#29Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 7:08pm"Everything But Sunset" - very, very funny! And, very true.
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#30Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 7:20pmPatti promised us the goods! She had better deliver!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#31Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 8:08pmMein Kampf made me laugh out loud. But this whole thing is fishy.
#32Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 9:19pm
She's going to talk about Sunset in the book--all about Sunset. And she's going to talk about Arthur.
The only thing she's not going to talk about is Kevin Kline.
#33Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 10:37pmI told her to call it "Shut Up, Patti LuPone! (A Memoir)". She laughed.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#34Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/1/10 at 10:48pm
"Thank you" Priscilla-
Confirming again Good GREY Toronto.
jeeze.
That's propably why the G20 are coming this June- dull, placid, predictable.
Contents may be otherwise tho.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#35Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 8:48am
"The only thing she's not going to talk about is Kevin Kline."
So what's the point of writing the book? I bet that's some of the best gossip of her early career.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#36Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 9:25amTo say that I was surprised by the simple winning title is an understatement. My own submission to the title contest was: "Love Me or Hate Me: I'm Fabulous!" from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#37Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 9:55am
Patti may think it was a simple and elegant choice,
but it seems, IMO, just too ordinary for her.
"Like the good Lord says . . . Ya gotta take the rough with the smooth, Baby!" Madame Rose
#38Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 8:05pmI should have submitted: "Stop Photo-Copying this Book Right Now"!
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#39Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 10:42pm
So, just to be clear - this was not an April Fool's Joke, right? It's kind of like she didn't know the title would get out, so she pretended to have a contest to just name it what she was going to name it any way.
Can anyone confirm if Ms Precilla Ng of Toronto, ON is related to Mr Richard Feder of Ft Lee, NJ?
#40Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/2/10 at 10:45pm
"It's kind of like she didn't know the title would get out, so she pretended to have a contest to just name it what she was going to name it any way. "
Exactly, lol. The whole thing is kind of funny.
#41Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/3/10 at 12:40am
Probably more like she had the idea for the title, someone suggested doing a contest, she held the contest, read through all the entries--loved some, hated others, laughed at some ("Mein Kampf? C'mon...that's FUNNY!")--and then decided which was the best one:
Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#42Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/3/10 at 12:52amBut even you admit it's just the teensiest bit crazy, right?
emilyfaye48
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/09
#43Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/3/10 at 1:04am
I am super bummed by this choice... I only hope she makes up for it in content.
I suggested "I'm not a big fan of me By Patti LuPone."
and also
"Who the **** are you? I'm Patti LuPone! By Patti LuPone."
Without bread we'd just be hungry
but without theatre we'd be dead
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#44Patti's book title contest. WTF?
Posted: 4/3/10 at 1:12amIt doesn't really matter anyway. I'll buy one of those sticky book covers & call it whatever the **** I want.
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