Rex Reed's Old Man "Get Off My Lawn!" Rant About Puppets On Broadway- Page 2
Rex Reed's Old Man "Get Off My Lawn!" Rant About Puppets On Broadway
#25Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 12:09am
Don't fall into the post hoc ergo propter hoc trap, Jordan. Maybe he is just busy watching his bootleg copy of Hamilton on an endless loop. Or Hand to God.
#26Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 12:26am
"After Eight has been missing since the day I posted this...."
As Namo referenced, he did post in the Fun Home thread (cuz, you know he loves that show and has to keep up with all the news about it!) But he has been posting much more terse replies than usual.....
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#27Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 12:33am
Rex might be terse because the eyeshadow just isn't working like it once did. Thirty years ago.
#30Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 1:25am
Though that video clips seems anti-current A8 (championing Visconti's The Damned and booing Hello Dolly?) as has already been pointed out in this thread, Rex/A8 seem to have had a severe change from snobby but with some good taste (not the clothes) to grumpy old man during the 1970s.
Updated On: 4/15/15 at 01:25 AM
#31Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 1:40am
I mean, maybe he, like many other Dolly fans, simply disliked Barbra in the role and the numerous other errors made in the transition to film. If that really is After Eight, he was quite attractive in the late 60s.
#32Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 1:41am
Also, didn't After Eight respond to Rex's review of ITW on here and champion it? Because if so, that seems like something Rex would do under a screen name (if only to gain more traffic).
#33Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 2:08am
"Also, didn't After Eight respond to Rex's review of ITW on here and champion it? Because if so, that seems like something Rex would do under a screen name (if only to gain more traffic)."
He sure did. He also, repeatedly, has complained about the Ladies Who Lunch being misogynistic because he still has a group of ladies he lunches with (who, according to one comment still wear hats,) which just feels very Reed-ish to me.
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#34Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 3:09am
As much fun as it is to imagine A8 as Rex, I doubt it. I have never seen Rex at a first preview, which I sometimes go to, and have often seen him at critics' previews, which I more often attend. In fact I can't really imagine any critic going to a first preview, or certainly not filing a review based on that performance. Still, it's fun to imagine.
#35Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 8:32am
Some of Reed's recent opinions don't sync up with AfterEight's. Reed mostly liked On the Town and definitely liked On the Twentieth Century. A8 liked neither.
#36Rex Reed's Old Man
Posted: 4/15/15 at 4:17pm
"Some of Reed's recent opinions don't sync up with AfterEight's. Reed mostly liked On the Town and definitely liked On the Twentieth Century. A8 liked neither."
How disappointing 
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