I'm just going to knock this all out at once. I'm responding to more than one person, so try to keep up, y'all:
"a critique is an objective view of a piece of art in light of one's own experience; a negative (or positive) critique embodies a subjective nature characteristic of one's own preconceptions and/or experience - not necessarily a truly critical and educated point of view."
So what you're saying is, a critique is objective, unless it is either negative or positive, then it becomes subjective? Wouldn't that make it criticism, rather than a critique? It's like saying calling truth a subjective fact, which is not the same thing at all.
"In the end, The Pirate Queen is and will be great. In a day when people herald Cats, Phantom, The Wedding Singer, etc. despite their incredible shortcomings, there is absolutely no way that The Pirate Queen is horrible. Sail on or sail short - The Pirate Queen stands as a triumph in musical theatre."
Is that your critique? Sounds like opinion being stated as fact, which is not very objective.
"I never said that my opinion was anything but subjective at this point - my mutterings were in fact a proposal to the masses to consider their musings"
Ahhhhh.....huh? That's a really weird sentence. What was the proposal? Who's getting married? Momma, I'm a big girl now. What?
"just making it this far - to even the light of day and the broadway stage is an accomplishment - failure or success, the odds of making it to Broadway are small and The Pirate Queen has set sail"
Well, to be honest, the last two out of three B&S musicals made it to Broadway and were huge successes, so the fact that this one made it to Broadway, success or not, is not the biggest accomplishment. Or even surprising. Brooklyn, Lennon, In My Life and Street Corner Symphony making it to Broadway were "accomplishments". Pirate Queen is really par for the course.
"I like how the same arguments come up every time a mediocre (or worse) show begins previews on Broadway."
I think you mean, "every time ANY show begins previews on Broadway". I mean, c'mon! I remember these same feuds for Hairspray, Millie, Wicked, Brooklyn, Spamalot, Sweet Charity, Whoman in White, Avenue Q, and countless others.
"How many threads can there BE on PQ at one time?"
One word: Wicked
Please, this is nothing!
(Marc Shaiman rox)
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
