Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America
Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America
Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America#0
Posted: 12/17/03 at 3:18pm
it's sad that more people did not tune-in to this production:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83376.html
PED
re: Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America#1
Posted: 12/17/03 at 4:41pmOn the other hand, it's exciting that people who did tune in, tuned in!
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
re: re: Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America#2
Posted: 12/17/03 at 5:45pm
Namo: my posts, yours, several others took this on last week, in response to the naysayers about the supposedly small numbers for Part One. I won't repeat our POV. But...
I had another glass-half-full reaction to the Perestroika numbers: the same syndrome happened on Broadway. Remember, Perestroika opened six months after Millenium debuted (and had sold out the Kerr, often). Many felt Part One was a wholly satisfying evening unto itself. When Perestroika came along, they said "but I already SAW Angels in America." To my surprise, even savy theatergoers thought they'd HAD the experience. They liked it, just didn't want more. It's the strength of Kushner's craft that Millenium feels as complete as it is. Perestroika did NOT have the same b.o. bump after the initial debut; the show had a decent run, but only survived one full change of cast.
So I think this dip shouldn't be approached in exactly the same way a 2nd night of, say, LONESOME DOVE would be evaluated. A certain percentage of HBO subscribers probably felt they'd invested sufficient time--and why not believe, as on B'way, that a large percentage appreciated it. I am still convinced the filmed play will have a long shelf life, repeated on HBO, and then available on DVD.
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Posted: 12/17/03 at 7:47pm
auggie,
i'm surprised about the impression of people who may have thought "i already saw that" when part 2 opened on broadway. each piece has its merits and detractions, but even though i enjoyed part 1 more, it would be like only seeing the first half of citizen kane if i did not see the resolution.
PED
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Posted: 12/17/03 at 9:07pm
The fact that it even got made and that anybody in this artistically challanged country gave a hoot gives me a ray of hope. It's much like the film "The Hours," somehow against all odds, every now and then art happens.
Bless you, Mike Nichols.
Gladys
PS Let me hastily add: No matter how few people see it, at least now, unlike the theatrical production, IT EXISTS FOR ALL TIME. No one can take that away from Tony and Mike or me, I plan on being buried with the freakin' DVD. Hey, a "success d'estime" is better than . . . well . . . a lot of things, you know?
Updated On: 12/17/03 at 09:07 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
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Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:20pm
success d'estime=a success that runs out of steam
Amen.
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Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:34pmI'm pretty sure Huckleberry Hound is on Cartoon Network, MM. Enjoy!
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Posted: 12/17/03 at 11:43pm
I've finally gotten time to watch AIA. I think it's too heady for a lot of people. The language is poetic and profound. I think most of it goes right over people's heads. Plus, it isn't a happy cartoon version of gay people--it's gritty, dirty, real.
I think it's brilliant and over time, the numbers will have grown.
##8
Posted: 12/18/03 at 8:21am
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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re: re: Ratings Drop for Part Two of Angels in America#9
Posted: 12/18/03 at 8:50amI think the reason is obvious. Huckleberry Hound is a gay fantasia that even MM can understand.
##10
Posted: 12/18/03 at 12:28pm
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
re: re: ratings drop for part two of angels in america#11
Posted: 12/18/03 at 12:32pmNeocon that you may be, I love you even more for knowing the specific Behind the Laughter episode to which I refer. You better be careful, or our relationship will blossom into one of the cut lines from Angels in America: "an ideological leather bar."
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