Rosie on NEXT TO NORMAL and Alice... — Page 2

I wasn't addressing you, Craww, but the others, foolish as that may be.

The point is: Ripley is good, the material is great but the two don't work together for me and the show (and recorded score) suffers for it. I am not alone with my issues with Ripley's mannerred vocals, effective as they may be for her character. I took Rosie's lack of enthusiasm about a controversial show that has every ingredient that Rosie usually loves as a jumping-off point for my own exploration of why I feel this way.

Needless to say that exploration will certainly not continue anywhere near these dark quarters.

CapNHook is right, as he almost always is, as is muscle23, and most of the rest of you are immature, tactless fools as you always reveal yourselves to be and if you agreed (which I could never imagine) with me the same would still be true.

Nothing comes from nothing.

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Ripley is the glue that holds it all together. I'm sure there are other who could play the role (in fact i know there are others, I've seen at least one), but none that could play it so well.

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even if rosie didnt like the show, so what? that means nothing and definitely doesnt mean she supports your idea that alice "ruins" the show and that it wont last the summer. And you are completely wrong because it absolutely will last the summer, it was at 92% full last week and continues to go up every week. And your opinion on Alice ripley isn't worth arguing, the reviews, word of mouth, most peoples general common sense, and soon the tony, says enough.

I think he meant the cast recording jordan.

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OH, ok Zone. I couldn't tell.

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What Rosie O'Donnell thinks about any show, good or bad, is interesting. What this thread is about is someone wanting to bash Alice Ripley in Next to Normal and needing some outside justification. I mean, honestly, there's already a (justified and) prolific thread about her pitch. Couldn't you flame over there?

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The score is terrible and there is enough schmaltz to kill the global polar bear population.

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I liked Billy. A lot. But I still don't think it deserves the Tony for best musical. The score is adequate, the book is manipulative. The true star of BE is the choreography....which I adored.

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I don't get that argument at all. The book is manipulative? What? What's it suppose to be? Just present the facts and that's about it? A good show should take a stand and take a side. The show is brilliant and beautiful. I'm not saying other shows on Broadway aren't better, or whatever, but it's a good show, and you're entitled to think whatever the hell you want, but that's a ridiculous claim to make. That can be said for ANY show.

This pgenre character has given me endless entertainment this evening reading this thread. There is a lot of ridiculousness posted on BWW on a daily basis, but this may in fact be the most ridiculous.

Let us also take a look at this poster's avatar....Dance of the Vampires. That should tell us all we need to know about his taste.

At this point, does anyone in the world take what Rosie O'Donnell says in her blog seriously? She's not even on television anymore, her variety show tanked, and she has zero influence over anyone, save for her loyal followers.

I just, I mean...Alice Ripley ruins Next to Normal. Wow.

Updated On: 6/4/09 at 12:08 AM

How does she live with herself ona daily basis then?

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I don't think Billy winning is an upset. Everyone is predicting it to win. The upset would be if Next to Normal takes the top prize. Just because I expect Billy to win, doesn't mean I want it to, or that it deserves it.