Riedel: Spider-Man loses the girl (Wood) — Page 2

No other confirmation yet, but he was the first to say 9 to 5 was closing and look how that turned out. Like him or not, Riedel is usually right.

Of course, now everyone is going to blame him for the show failing. Not the overblown budget, not the producers playing hot potato, not the fact that they're in Show Killer Theatre with and they have an as-yet-undetermined audience and apparently no cast- it's all Michael Riedel's fault for announcing these facts.

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Riedel is definetly ruthless and vicious and kind of a tool lol but I agree with him on this. Mostly because I don't feel that he is really attacking the show (score, book, sets). I think his attack is most strongly focused on the arrogance/ignorance of the creative team. I mean, who develops the most expensive show in Broadway history during one of the country's worst economic times? Who then expects that show to sell out one of Broadway's biggest houses for anywhere from 3 to 5 years?

I also think Riedel is annoyed (and rightly so) that the producers keep putting up a front that everything is completely fine, when, clearly, there are issues. Production has been delayed for nearly a week (with no sign of it picking up soon), but they still claim they'll start previews on time.

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RE: Michael Riedel. I've noticed that some posters, if they're sympathetic to a show, will liken Riedel to a monster from hell if he has problems with it. However, when he likes a show, suddenly he becomes right on target, the one who knew it all along, etc., etc. I'm not saying EVERYONE on this board, but I have noticed it from time to time.

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Riedel is just another in a long line of viscous columnists in New York newspapers. He won't be the last.....

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I doubt very much that he reports on every tidbit he is privvy to. We have no way of knowing how much he doesn't report. These are his thoughts and opinions based on SOME of the things he's heard. He's reporting. He isn't causing anything negative to happen. The argument can be made in the opposite vein as well as in: There is no such thing as BAD publicity.

I don't think there is a lot of bashing going on here at all: he's not bashing the material or anything else. He's stating facts and quotes. Big Whoop.

Losing actors is NOT a sign of confidence.

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Updated On: 8/15/09 at 02:38 PM