Rubins-Vega as Fantine! — Page 3

DVR may be a very talented actress and a gifted singer, but she is utterly wrong for that role.

Another sentence that defies logic. ROTFL.

What did you want to see? A blonde white woman ?

Cammie honey, you've gone from not knowing who Orfeh was to knowing oh so much more, why, you seem to be more obsessed than anyone with the mono-monikered diva herself, since YOU'RE the one who seems to bring her up even when completely inappropriate and unecessary. Tsk, Tsk! I can tell you where to get your very own Orfeh icon if you're really that crazed about it. Any more of your insane ranting you might want to share, do us all a favor and pm it, threadjacking is a nasty habit.
Oh and BTW my dear reading comprehension challenged, I was STICKING UP for DRV as I often do, but you'd have to actually take your head out of your ass to have realized that, now wouldn't you?

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 06:19 PM

musicalsFan, I have seen several people in that role who WERE right for it...DRV just isn't one of them. What does color have to do with it? Sheesh.

Another sentence that defies logic. ROTFL.

Not neccessarily. Talent is one thing. Suitability for the role is another.

I mean, I wouldn't want to see Anthony Warlow as Angel, or Sutton Foster as Meg Giry...

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Updated On: 11/26/06 at 07:18 PM

Well, I DREAMED A DREAM ends with Fantine being a defeated woman.

I don't know anyone who saw this for the first time and didn't like her at all.

My roommate, who had never seen any previous version of Les Miz, never heard any cast recording, never heard "On My Own" or any other song sung by anyone before, is who I went with to Les Miz last month.
Her very first words to me during intermission were "So, um- Fantine??" followed by "I mean, is she supposed to sound like that? Like Bjork or something? Cause that was just not good. But she's a real Broadway person, right? Like she has other credits and has done other shows where she sings and stuff? Like she's a real singer? Ugh even her acting was all twitchy and distracting. But at least she died early."

I've seen Les Miz a few times through the years, and I own the OBCR and the 10th Anniversary cd, so yes I can admit that I probably do bring some preconceived notions of what Fantine 'should' sound like, but my Les Miz virgin roommate was asking if Daphne Rubin Vega has any other Broadway credits, if DRV is a 'real singer'! That should not be what someone who has never seen the show before is thinking when hearing "I Dreamed a Dream" for the first time, it's just not.

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 08:12 PM

Marlothom, as someone that knows all the lyerics to the Complete Symphonic Recording which is the ENTIER show un cut on cd. They made a good amout of cuts for this production. I remeber a bit of the dialouge in the Thenarder's pub scene right before the song master of the house and a good chunk of that was taken away. As was a lot of other things. I thinkthe creative team did hat they did in the end of Les miserables first Broadway run. Ehich was that they had to cut it cus it was too long. FI a show runs over three hours they have to pay the crew overtime and it added up after playing for 16 years. So, I think they just added the same cutsthey added in the pasat.

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You can't use the CSR as a base for anything; the show went through noticeable changes on both sides of the pond after 1988, and even at the time it was recorded, wasn't really accurate because Enjolras' lines during the final battle were different in London. As a "complete" archive of the show, the CSR effectively went into obscurity around 1990.

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Hail Celia!

1) It's nice to see that open discussion is encouraged on this site by having moderators edit Thread titles at their leisure. I apologize to the community for using the word "horrendous" in the title of my thread, on a public message board, on-topic. What was I thinking?

2) Stagemom3 - that was me in the front mezz, row A - small world!

Thank you Ken.
You took the sentiment right out of my mouth.
Hail Celia!


p.s. Seriously, how about Celia as Fantine?
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"well that's why they're the moderators and you are not."

And? What a curious response. I wasn't questioning the moderators' role in running this site, I was questioning why it was necessary to edit the thread title.

And that was a dyanmite observation that DRV makes thousands of dollars a week (doubtful) acting in a Broadway show (which I do not). I'm not sure if your post was implying that I don't make "thousands a week" or that I am not in Les Mis... either way, it is completely irrelevant to either of my two posts on this thread.

Hats off to you for the completely irrelevant, but oh so witty remark.

Typos are typos, folks can hound on people's typing skills all they please... wonderful way of avoiding the substance of the argument.

Updated On: 11/27/06 at 12:55 PM